Palash Table Placements – The Leaf at Table, Set of Six
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Accent production: 2-3 weeks
Domestic delivery (within India): 3–5 days
International delivery: 1 week
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Provenance
Before the placemat existed — before the concept of a defined surface beneath a setting — there was the leaf. Across the Indian subcontinent, large leaves served as the original plates, trays, and dining surfaces: the banana leaf across South and coastal India; the lotus leaf in sacred contexts; the sal and palash leaves stitched into patravali in the north; the mango leaf strung across thresholds for auspicious occasions. The leaf form is among the oldest domestic objects in the subcontinent’s material culture.
The ‘Palash’ placements take their name from Butea monosperma — the flame-of-the-forest, whose trifoliate leaves are the original material of the patravali. The design returns this vocabulary to the table: the leaf of the palash tree rendered on wood, the botanical motif brought back to the surface it originally occupied. Set of six.
Disclaimer
- These placements are handcrafted in wood with a printed surface. Variations in tone and colour across a set are a natural feature of the process.
- Minor differences in print registration or surface texture should be understood as the signature of individual craft, not a defect.
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