Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 19th Century Chest The arches are framed with

The arches are framed with carved blossoming lotus flowers with a double parrot head in the central arch

where huts and houses carried the same pitched roof structure

These cabinets were used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship

shaped lid handle

We've given this table a bleached finish to bring it together

Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 19th Century Chest The arches are framed withThese beautifully patinaed 19th century Indian window shutters hail from the town of Bikaner in Northern Rajasthan, India. These shutters are solid rosewood, suggesting they would have come from a very wealthy haveli. Painted using natural mineral colours these window shutters would have been used internally in a majestic Indian haveli (merchants house). Much of the paintwork has faded leaving only patches and a beautiful dark rosewood grain beneath