EARLY-MID 20TH C INDIAN VINTAGE HAND CARVED & HAND PAINTED LOW WOODEN FOOTSTOOL

Description

EARLY-MID 20TH CENTURY
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VINTAGE
HAND
CARVED
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HAND
PAINTED
LOW
WOOD
SQUARE FOOTSTOOL
with
RECESSED
INTERIOR
BASIN,
FEATURING
CHIP-CARVED
STOUT
LEGS,
RAISED
EDGE,
CENTER
FLORAL
MEDALLION
&
MEANDERING
SIDE
PANEL
BLOOMING
VINE,
in DRY,
MILKY
PAINTED
MATTE
FINISH
[From the
pre-independence
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(Circa 1920-1940)
Antique
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hand painted, decorated hand carved wooden furniture & accessories
DIMENSIONS:
11" x 11" Square x 5 ½" Height
Weight:
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
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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 its
80 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 century
vintage
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hand painted wood furniture so alluring. Absolutely gorgeous.
CONDITION:
Good to Very Good overall vintage condition.