Lot Essay
The carving of the architectural motifs is inspired by furniture made in Southern India, mainly the Madras School of Art. The chair form is of a standard type made especially in the Bombay Presidency.
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PROBABLY MADRAS, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
AN ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY FOLDING-CHAIR
PROBABLY MADRAS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The caned back and seat with an intricately carved foliage cresting centred by a god within a temple, flanked on either side by palaces above serpents, the scrolled arms, seat and legs with foliate sides on animal head feet.
56½ in. (43.5 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
PROBABLY MADRAS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The caned back and seat with an intricately carved foliage cresting centred by a god within a temple, flanked on either side by palaces above serpents, the scrolled arms, seat and legs with foliate sides on animal head feet.
56½ in. (43.5 cm.) high; 25 in. (63.5 cm.) wide; 37 in. (94 cm.) deep
Special notice
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This lot will be removed to an off-site warehouse at the close of business on the day of sale - 2 weeks free storage
Sale room notice
Please note, this chair is ebonised hardwood, not ebony as catalogued.
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