Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Terracotta The base and 4 drawers

The base and 4 drawers are constructed from jungle wood

59 x 27 x 89 cm ( wxdxh cms)

The top name plate originally would have shown the name of the owner

This piece was once fully black lacquered and with use

Stick Door Panel From Jaisalmer - 19th Century Material - Terracotta The base and 4 drawersThis 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 Thar desert & doors, window shutters and furniture were made of sticks harvested from the slow growing and wirey kair tree (capparis decidua). The sticks are then riveted together with iron fittings. Hung on a wall they make stunning and