Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Coral offering rare and evocative evidence

offering rare and evocative evidence of its original decorative scheme

A similar example can be seen in "Folk Art & Cullture of Gujarat: A Guide to the Collection of the Shreyas Folk Museum of Gujarat" by Jyotindra Jain - figure 245

This is a lost wax casting

unlike earlier pieces

This Chinese provincial country chest is from Shanxi province in Northern China

Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Coral offering rare and evocative evidenceThis Indian stick door dates to the 19th century and would have come from the home of the desert dwelling tribes of Western Rajasthan in their buildings who made their homes of mud and clay. Wood is very scarce in the desert & doors, window shutters and furniture were made of sticks harvested from the Kair tree (Capparis decidua). The sticks are then riveted together with iron fittings. Hung on a wall they make stunning and unique pieces of wall art.