Lot 164
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A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVERED-METAL AND ENAMEL SIDE CHAIRS
PROPERTY OF A SOUTH AMERICAN COLLECTOR
A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVERED-METAL AND ENAMEL SIDE CHAIRS

EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF INDIAN SILVERED-METAL AND ENAMEL SIDE CHAIRS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Each with enameled coat-of-arms to cresting with Arabic inscription, labeled BILKHA DARBAR, with lion-form arms and elaborately decorated frame, with plaque to reverse stamped HIRJI KANJI & SONS (2)

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Lot Essay

Luxurious chairs such as these were made to commemorate and accommodate the visits of important dignitaries which Queen Victoria sent to India on her behalf. A number of throne chairs of this style were made for the Prince of Wales' tour of India in 1875-76, including one with similar lion arm terminals made by Hamilton of Calcutta for Lord Northbrook, Viceroy of Indian from 1872 to 1876 (see A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 282).

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