OF INDO-CEYLONESE LATE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, BY COLLINSON AND LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED AND EBONISED SOFA AND PAIR OF ENSUITE ARMCHAIRS
OF INDO-CEYLONESE LATE 17TH CENTURY STYLE, BY COLLINSON AND LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY
With foliate carved frames and re-upholstered red chenille seats decorated with gold stars, the chairs stamped underneath COLLINSON AND LOCK LONDON 7064
The sofa 43¼ in (110 cm.) wide (3)

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Lot Essay

Late 17th-century Coromandel Coast ebony chairs had been fashionable in Britain ever since Horace Walpole publicised his collection at Strawberry Hill in 1774. But the stimulus for the present suite was probably the acquisition of a similar chair by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Hamilton Palace sale in 1882. The carving by Collinson and Lock, who specialised in ebonised finishes, is arguably superior to Indian and Ceylonese prototypes.

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