A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK SIDE CHAIRS

MID-18TH CENTURY, VIZAGAPATAM

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A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK SIDE CHAIRS
Mid-18th Century, Vizagapatam
En suite with the preceding lots, inlaid overall with line-inlaid ivory of scrolling flowers and foliage, each with a central vase-shaped splat between serpentine uprights, 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, one left-hand stile and one back leg with restored break
40¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 20 in. (51 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48 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.
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

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