Roheda Dowry Chest From Rajasthan - 19th Century Material - Rosewood 42nd Foot (Royal Highland) regiment

42nd Foot (Royal Highland) regiment  as a foreman until his death in Burma aged 54 in 1891

a tarlike substance used to protect against adverse weather

13 x 10 x 16 (wxdxh cms)

This very decorative Tibetan wool rug is shaped to use as saddle rug for a pony but would make a pretty hearth rug in a small cottage

There is also delicate carving on the sides

Roheda Dowry Chest From Rajasthan - 19th Century Material - Rosewood 42nd Foot (Royal Highland) regimentThis roheda wood dowry chest is from Rajasthan and dates to the 19th century. It has lovely turned lacquer detailing on the legs and iron bound hardware. Traditionally the brides family had to offer gifts known as dowry to the bridegrooms family if they were to find a good husband for their daughter. Dowry was normally gold jewellery and Silk saris but sometimes brass cooking pots and other family treasures were exchanged. Roheda (Tecomella undulata)