Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Chest Chests & furniture were made

Chests & furniture were made to order

Features: Handcrafted construction

122 x 41 x 130 (wxdxh cms)

using antique reclaimed materials

Marapachi Bommai (meaning Wooden dolls) are a legacy passed on from one generation to another in the states of Tamil Nadu

Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Chest Chests & furniture were madeThis fabulously decorative chest has been reduced in depth and has had two doors added to create an exotic and unusual sideboard. Teak with hand forged iron banding, it has been repainted with traditional Indian designs. In it's previous life this 19thC chest was used to store dowry and was known as a pithara. This style of pithara is from a Kathi home in Saurashtra and was known in the local dialect as a pataro. The Kathi were a ruling caste in