SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED CANED DAYBED
Second half 19th Century
Decorated overall with scrolling flowers and foliage, the twisted toprail flanked by a pair of tiger monopodia carved with foliage breastplates, with foliage-carved pierced sides and a scrolled zig-zag decorated end with hinged door enclosing a compartment, each side of the end carved with a tiger, the padded seat cushion and bolster covered in buttoned red velvet, on paw feet, refreshments to the decoration
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 92 in. (234 cm.) long; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The chaise longue's lion-headed and Grecian-scrolled frame derives from an 1804 drawing-room chair pattern issued in George Smith's Collection of Designs for Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, London, 1808, pl. 56. The form of its bolster-scroll featured in The London Chairmakers' and Carvers' Book of Prices, 1823.

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