Indo-Portugese Chest From South India - 19th Century Shelf Used in Tibetan medicine and

Used in Tibetan medicine and also in jewellery and religious artefacts

Materials: 100% Cashmere Wool

ensuring they remain both decorative and practical for years to come

where many Marwari families maintained business houses and adopted Gujarati as a language of commerce

Indo-Portugese Chest From South India - 19th Century Shelf Used in Tibetan medicine andThis is an unusual antique Indian chest, it's constructed from forest teak and is from South India. The iron hasps are shaped somewhere between an elephant & an upside down guitar. This shape of hasp is an Indian interpretation of the Portuguese designs. Trunks made from forest teak are usually quite early as many of the teak forests were replaced with teak plantations in the 19th century, leading to more practical straighter grained, more planky