Indian Double Door Set with Deco Style Iron Gates and Transom

Iron lines bend into circles and right angles inside the doors, as if Art Deco had turned up a century early.

This double door set with Deco style iron gates and transom comes from Gujarat, India, and dates to the early 19th century. It is iron and teak wood. Gujarat has a long tradition of carved wooden architecture. Each door holds a grille of flat iron bars bent into circles, arcs and steps, above carved lower panels. An arched transom at the top is glazed in green and blue glass. It is 40 inches wide and 105 high.

An entrance that looks as if it already knows the dress code.