Tibetan Cabinet with 2 Doors & 2 Drawers

The doors carry a spinning rainbow, and the drawers have plainly caught the mood.

This cabinet with 2 doors and 2 drawers comes from Tibet, 19th century, in painted Himalayan pine. Tibetan furniture was often brightly painted, with floral and Buddhist motifs running across even practical pieces. Here orange-red ground carries curling leaves in blue, green and cream. Each drawer holds a large flower at center. Two doors share one swirling disc in bands of color. A green panel on the left and a black one on the right each hold a slender vine. Silvery lines edge the frame. Forty-seven inches long and 38 high.

Storage, in Tibet, was no excuse for beige.