Tree Of Life Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 18th Century Material - Glass Constructed from wood and finished

Constructed from wood and finished in beautifully weathered green paint

one made for the husband and other other for the wife

The lacquer is applied to a wooden base turned on a hand-powered lathe

and are over 100 years old

Tree Of Life Painted Window Shutter From Bikaner - 18th Century Material - Glass Constructed from wood and finishedThis pretty shutter is from Bikaner in Rajasthan. Dating from the 18th century is painted in the Jangali Sunthari style. The main motif is a stylised tree of life with acanthus leaves that is European in style. Painted in traditional earth pigments of red and ambers on a dark green field.. Bikaner is a city famous for its fine painting of boxes and building interiors. It would have been plastered into the wall as a built in cupboard for storage of