A brass and copper inlaid carved wood table top and stand, Punjab, probably Lahore, India, circa 1890, the octagonal base formed of panels of two tiers with openwork arched section flanked by palmettes, openwork spandrels between the feet, the table top profusely inlaid in brass with floral sprays issuing from urns within arches, 72cm. high x 80cm. diam. The fine openwork carved panels incorporated into this screen are known as pinjra or 'bird-cage' work. Such geometric tracery and pierced carving was commonly incorporated into architecture of the northern Punjab. By the end of the 19th century it was found most successfully on screens and other pieces of furniture including an octagonal table produced in Lahore in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (see A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 293, no. 115).A brass and copper inlaid carved wood table top and stand, Punjab, probably Lahore, India, circa 1890, the octagonal base formed of panels of two tiers with openwork arched section flanked by palmettes, openwork spandrels between the feet, the table top profusely inlaid in brass with floral sprays issuing from urns within arches, 72cm. high x 80cm. diam. The fine openwork carved panels incorporated into this screen are known as pinjra or 'bird-cage' work. Such geometric tracery and pierced carving was commonly incorporated into architecture of the northern Punjab. By the end of the 19th century it was found most successfully on screens and other pieces of furniture including an octagonal table produced in Lahore in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (see A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 293, no. 115).