Indian Stick Box Chest From Jaisalmer - Ca 1920 Chairs They are 80 years old

They are 80 years old and would have been used by farmers in their fields

and a resplendent bustard (a more unusual design)

individually hand painted using traditional techniques

This black lacquer cabinet dates from the early 19th century and the style is from Shanxi province in Northern China is made from catalpa wood

This rare antique Japanese cabinet with drawers is very unusual and known as a Shomon Dansu

Indian Stick Box Chest From Jaisalmer - Ca 1920 Chairs They are 80 years oldKnown 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. 87 x 60. 5 x 81 (wxdxh cms) UK