Traditional Pintu Pagar - 1

The very impressive pintu pagar in the museum evidently used to belong to a rather wealthy peranakan family had 4 sections of panels with plenty of intrigate details.

I wonder how those that are still in use (and not in museums) would look like and set to find out.

Pintu pagar No. 1 consists of 3 sections of panels, with 2 of the sections fitted with glass (?).  I wonder if this is the orignal glass, because a design like this would have reduced the privacy factor of the pintu pagar.  The design of this pintu pagar is straightforward and simple, without any intrigate details.

I looked at this photo more closely, and realised that that the two ratten armchairs are pushed right against the open pintu pagar.  I'm guessing that whoever now occupies this unit might not actually know what the pintu pagar is for, and the five-foot way is more for walking or sheltering from the rain and nobody would have wanted to sit along the five-foot way back then.  But this is a completely different era from way back then and I suppose there really isn't any reason to stop the occupants from seating outside their unit now.

Pintu pagar No. 2 consists of 3 sections of solid panels, with a very simple and straightforward design.

Pintu pagar No. 3 consists of only 2 sections of panels, with the top section fitted with glass (?).  

Pintu pagar No. 4  was surprisingly tucked within an entryway instead of being at the main entrance.  I wonder if this pintu pagar had been relocated to this position as the original unit had been reconfigured by some interior designer. 

This pintu pagar consists of 4 sections of panels with intrigate details of cravings.