Indian Chakki Coffee Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Chakki Tables Features: Hand-carved floral decoration

Features: Hand-carved floral decoration

these textiles were lovingly stitched over time for domestic use

Examples of similar works were featured at a special exhibition entitled

Unlike many masks in other African cultures

Used by Rajasthani herders and farmers for cows

Indian Chakki Coffee Table From Rajasthan - 19th Century Chakki Tables Features: Hand-carved floral decorationThe iconic Indian grinder table is known colloquially as a chakki. These tables have been used in The West as round coffee tables, dog beds & seats. This chakki table is 19th century and beautifully chip carved around the edge. Beware of numerous inferior quality mango wood reproductions flooding the market. Chakki tables are repurposed teak rice grinding mills from villages in Rajasthan or Gujarat. Originally used with quern stones for grinding wheat