North Korean Morijang Side Cabinet - Ca 1900 Reverse Glass Painting This painted teak window shutter

This painted teak window shutter from Rajasthan dates from the 1920's and has been recently repainted in the 21st century in the traditional Rajasthani style

The simple trestle-style construction

the door pivots have been replaced with brass hinges

It has some colour run in places

The mirror can be hung either portrait or landscape

North Korean Morijang Side Cabinet - Ca 1900 Reverse Glass Painting This painted teak window shutterKorean morijang cabinets are the smallest of the three main staples of Korean antique furniture and fit perfectly into a modern home as a bedside cabinet. This cabinet features white brass with diamond studding suggesting it to be from Northern Korea. The wood used is burr red elm and this cabinet features an uncommon fixed vertical lock. As mentioned in the below book, Korean chests featuring these locks have become collectors items. These morijang