Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Chest 122 x 41 x 130

122 x 41 x 130 (wxdxh cms)

Features: Handcrafted construction

Both visually striking and culturally evocative

using antique reclaimed materials

As it is such a large piece it is fitted with wheels

Painted Indian 2 Door Pithara Console Chest Chest 122 x 41 x 130This fabulously decorative chest has been reduced in depth and has had two doors added to create an exotic and unusual sideboard. Teak with hand forged iron banding, it has been repainted with traditional Indian designs. In it's previous life this 19thC chest was used to store dowry and was known as a pithara. This style of pithara is from a Kathi home in Saurashtra and was known in the local dialect as a pataro. The Kathi were a ruling caste in