Indian Wood Ceiling Panel

Look up. That was the idea.

This carved and painted teak ceiling panel comes from Gujarat, India, and dates to the mid 19th century, when the region's merchants and builders lavished carving on their timber houses. Sixty coffers sit in six rows of ten, each holding a carved rosette. Orange paint survives across the grid, with traces of green and a soft patina over it all. A border of larger rosettes, turned by carved leaves at the corners, steps out to a deep plain frame. Over ten feet on its long side and nearly seven on its short.

Somebody once had a very good view from the floor.