Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19thC Material - Rosewood Hand-carved from the distinctive yellow

Hand-carved from the distinctive yellow sandstone of Jaisalmer

These decorative Indian dishes are carved in a Mughal inspired Boteh design

The wood on this is a beautifully variable elm wood and the door panels are made using solid burr elm

Approx 166 x 37 x 115 (to ears) (w x d x h cms)

This finely hand carved teak lintel was salvaged from a historic building in Andhra Pradesh and dates to the 19th century

Indian Stick Box Storage Chest From Jaisalmer - 19thC Material - Rosewood Hand-carved from the distinctive yellowKnown as Stick boxes, these boxes were passed down through the family with each generation in the Thar desert area of West Rajasthan and were used as dowry chests. Wood is very scarce in the desert and the resourceful tribes people of this area made these boxes from sticks harvested from the Kair tree Capparis decidua. The sticks are then riveted together with hand wrought iron fittings to make a very sturdy box. This particular box is unique as it