EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY INDIAN VINTAGE HAND CARVED & HAND PAINTED LOW WOOD SQUARE FOOTSTOOL with RECESSED INTERIOR BASIN, FEATURING CHIP-CARVED STOUT LEGS,
RAISEDEDGE, CENTER FLORAL MEDALLION & MEANDERING SIDE PANEL BLOOMING VINE, in DRY, MILKY PAINTED MATTE FINISH[From the pre-independence Anglo-Indian period]
Circa 1920-1940)Antique Indian hand painted, decorated hand carved wooden furniture & accessories DIMENSIONS:11" x 11" Square x 5 ½" HeightWeight: Approximately 2 lbs.
DESCRIPTION: Offered for your review and consideration is this very nice and completely intact (with no fractures or loss)early to mid 20th century Anglo-Ind ian hand carved and hand painted, highly decorative square format, stout wooden foot stool or ottoman. It has its original painted surfaces which are dry and matte finished. There's some surface wear from previous use but by and large, the footstool has survived its80 to 100 year lifespan in fairly well-preserved overall antique condition. The hand painting is quite exuberant and extraordinary, with gestural, kinetic mark-making, using a central floral medallion painted on the interior basin and a meandering vine and repeating blooming flower motif along the outside perimeter of the footstool on its narrow sidewalls. The surface of the table, since it's slightly recessed and surrounded by a raised, elevated edge, could accommodate a panel of square cut glass to protect the painted surfaces below. This is what makes early 20th centuryvintage Indian hand painted wood furniture so alluring. Absolutely gorgeous. CONDITION:Good to Very Good overall vintage condition.