A Colourful Pair of c.1900 Polychrome Carved Wooden Indian Architectural Supports sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The British Ministry of Defence

The British Ministry of Defence banned the use of pin-up women in nose art on Royal Air Force aircraft in 2007

The hand painted view opens to reveal a further painted image of a boating scene in a shallow river

giving the piece it's balance

these trains consisted of a locomotive and an attached carriage and wagon

the basic motif in the design of any Turkoman rug is the octagon or ‘gul’

A Colourful Pair of c.1900 Polychrome Carved Wooden Indian Architectural Supports sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles The British Ministry of DefenceOrigin: Indian Period: Late Nineteenth Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1880 1900 Height: 30 & 31 inches (one with loss) Width: 10 inches (at maximum) Depth: 4. 5 inches (at maximum) The polychrome painted softwood supports carved and pierced as scrolling leaf and foliage with much of the original paint remaining, displaying vivid blues, reds, greens and yellows, terminating in oval top plinths and pegs to the other ends. Condition