Painted Gansu Grain Store Sideboard - 19th Century Material - Zelkova Wood layers of repurposed cotton fabric

layers of repurposed cotton fabric are stitched together using the distinctive running stitch that defines Kantha work

A beautifully patinated old teak rolling pin from India with pink lacquering

The rich colour and grain of the rosewood

cabinets of this type would have opened from the top via a hatch rather than from the front

a secure Tibetan mechanism used to protect ritual objects

Painted Gansu Grain Store Sideboard - 19th Century Material - Zelkova Wood layers of repurposed cotton fabricThis 19th century painted grain store sideboard originates from Gansu Province in north western China, where it would have served the nomadic communities of Gansu and neighbouring northern Shanxi. Originally designed for storing grain, clothing and other household provisions, cabinets of this type were also used as domestic altar cabinets, displaying ancestral tablets and treasured objects during family ceremonies. This cabinet has been