Silk Painting, Black Tree with Border colour-warm-elm This solid elm wood coffee

This solid elm wood coffee table shows the simple style that is prevalent in most Asian furniture

The term 'Wedding Cabinet' is a more recent westernised description

The studded motif around the top and bottom is reminiscent of the metalware on old Chinese drums

Scrolling dragons surround the main carving

Silk Painting, Black Tree with Border colour-warm-elm This solid elm wood coffeeWonderfully detailed and painstakingly produced, this 'tree of life' design is one of a series of our Tassar Patta paintings, created on silk from artists in Orissa, India. Each piece can take weeks or, for larger paintings, months to produce using skills that have been taught to generations of artists. The paintings are highly respected and famous in India, where they were used to decorate the palaces of the Maharajas. Each painting is mounted and