Nicholas Snow takes you to Paul's Antiques in Bangkok, Thailand, a great store in the busy Sukhumvit area of town, specializing in antique furniture from Burma, most pieces dating from the British colonial period. Shopkeepers explain, "The furniture is largely made of golden teak, tropical hardwood once plentiful in the rainforests of Indochina. The furniture is brought overland to our shop in Bangkok, Thailand where our in-house refinishing team restores each piece to its original beauty."
