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Wooden Door MA33 – Antique Colonial Double Leaf Glazed Door with Dramatically Peeling Original Paint Bold, raw, and breathtakingly beautiful in its decay — this magnificent antique colonial double-leaf glazed door is one of the most dramatically characterful pieces you will ever encounter, wearing its centuries of age like a crown rather than a scar. Crafted from solid, heavy reclaimed timber, this extraordinary door features six original glass panes set into a divided upper frame on each leaf — filling any space with beautiful, diffused natural light — while the lower half of each leaf is fitted with four bold raised carved panels, giving the door a wonderfully rich and layered visual presence. The whole piece sits within its original sturdy wooden surround, complete with the original iron sliding bolt latch at the top and the original iron door handle still perfectly in place. But it is the paint that makes this door utterly extraordinary and completely impossible to replicate. The original bright sunshine yellow paint has peeled, cracked, and fallen away in dramatic sweeps across every surface, revealing vivid layers of blue-grey beneath — creating a naturally distressed two-tone finish of breathtaking visual drama. This is not a paint effect. This is not a distressed finish applied in a workshop. This is the genuine, unrestored voice of a door that has lived through the heat, rain, and passage of generations in colonial India — a bungalow veranda, a plantation home, a merchant's townhouse of the British Raj era. For interior designers, collectors, and lovers of authentic vintage character — this door is an absolute dream. It needs no restoration, no intervention, no improvement. It is perfect exactly as it is. Peeling. Powerful. Perfectly, gloriously imperfect. Our unique doors are often purchased for Props, Retail Display or Film Sets and are very happy indoors or outside all year around. Our furniture has been salvaged from an old building in Gujarat State and saved for future generations!
✦ Style: Double Leaf Glazed Colonial Door — 6 Glass Panes Upper + 4 Raised Panels Lower Per Leaf ✦ Hardware: Original Iron Sliding Bolt Latch & Original Iron Door Handle ✦ Finish: Original bright yellow paint over blue-grey — dramatically peeled & naturally distressed ✦ Material: Solid Reclaimed Antique Wood & Original Glass Panes ✦ Item Code: MA33 ( 123+8+8 ) X 10 X 205 in cm Completely unrestored and unrepeatable — every layer of peeling paint is a chapter of authentic Indian colonial history that cannot be manufactured or reproduced. 🚪 The most beautiful thing about this door is exactly what time has done to it. |