Tree Of Life Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 18th Century Material - Glass console cabinets or statement storage

console cabinets or statement storage chests

Its sculptural silhouette and tactile aged wood make it especially appealing within wabi-sabi

and are over 100 years old

5 (WxDxH cms)

Constructed from wood and finished in beautifully weathered green paint

Tree Of Life Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 18th Century Material - Glass console cabinets or statement storageThis pretty shutter is from Bikaner in Rajasthan. Dating from the 18th century is painted in the Jangali Sunthari style. The main motif is a stylised tree of life with acanthus leaves that is European in style. Painted in traditional earth pigments of red and ambers on a dark green field.. Bikaner is a city famous for its fine painting of boxes and building interiors. It would have been plastered into the wall as a built in cupboard for storage of