MID-18TH CENTURY, VIZAGAPATAM
Details
A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Mid-18th Century, Vizagapatam
Inlaid overall with line-inlaid ivory of scrolling flowers and foliage, each with a central vase-shaped splat between serpentine uprights, with serpentine arms on serpentine supports, above a caned seat with foliage border above a concave-moulded border and shaped apron to the front, reverse and sides, on cabriole legs joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher with central flower, on paw feet, minor restorations
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67 in.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep (2)
Mid-18th Century, Vizagapatam
Inlaid overall with line-inlaid ivory of scrolling flowers and foliage, each with a central vase-shaped splat between serpentine uprights, with serpentine arms on serpentine supports, above a caned seat with foliage border above a concave-moulded border and shaped apron to the front, reverse and sides, on cabriole legs joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher with central flower, on paw feet, minor restorations
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 26½ in. (67 in.) wide; 21¼ in. (54 cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Possibly commissioned by the Nawab of Arcot.
Acquired in Spain by Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-79) and subsequently installed at 148, Piccadilly, London, W.1.
Thence by descent to Victor Rothschild, Esq., 148, Piccadilly, London, sold Sotheby's house sale, 20 April 1937, lot 195.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1973.
Acquired in Spain by Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-79) and subsequently installed at 148, Piccadilly, London, W.1.
Thence by descent to Victor Rothschild, Esq., 148, Piccadilly, London, sold Sotheby's house sale, 20 April 1937, lot 195.
Acquired by the present owner circa 1973.
Literature
Dr. Vilhelm Slomann, Burlington Magazine, 1934.
R. Edwards and K. de B. Codrington, Apollo, XXII, 1935, p.15-6.
Apollo, December 1973 (Lennox Money Antiques trade advertisement). Dr. Amin Jaffer, 'On the Coast of Coromandel', Christie's Magazine, July 1998
R. Edwards and K. de B. Codrington, Apollo, XXII, 1935, p.15-6.
Apollo, December 1973 (Lennox Money Antiques trade advertisement). Dr. Amin Jaffer, 'On the Coast of Coromandel', Christie's Magazine, July 1998