Old Patterned Textile Printing Block From Jaipur - Ca 1930 Material - Copper forming a small portable vastu

forming a small portable vastu or sacred house-plan

They were originally used as book cabinets by scholars and later

The bold red surface has developed a rich

These cabinets were used by nomadic people for the storage of clothes and bedding or grain

A beautifully carved teak candle stick from the Banswara tribal region in India

Old Patterned Textile Printing Block From Jaipur - Ca 1930 Material - Copper forming a small portable vastuThis intricate Indian textile printing block is carved with repeating design and can still be used for printing to this day. The knowledge of carving these intricate wooden textile printing blocks has been handed down through generations in Jaipur. These printing blocks can be used as decorative art, or why not use them to create your very own printed fabric or artwork.