The Property of the
KEDLESTON ESTATE TRUST
(Lots 212-217)
A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARVED IVORY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARVED IVORY OPEN ARMCHAIRS
Late 18th/early 19th Century
Decorated overall with stylised foliage and flowerhead entrelac, each with a curved splayed back centred by a cut-cornered brown velvet-backed recessed panel above a narrower conforming panel and a pierced X-shape, the downswept serpentine arms with lion-mask terminals with roaring mouths, on reeded baluster supports decorated with lappeted and foliage bands, the split-caned seat upholstered in blue velvet faded to brown, with a purple and gold silk border, above a foliate frieze, on turned tapering reeded legs decorated with further lappeted bands and paw feet, one chair inscribed in white paint on the underside of the amaranth seat-rail 5 F.T.W, the other F.T.W.13, variations in scale and decoration, the front legs of one chair cut, some losses and overall cracking, minor restorations
One chair: 27in. (68.5cm.) wide; 40in. (101.5cm.) high; 27in. (68.5cm.) deep
The other: 28in. (71cm.) wide; 40in. (101.5cm.) high; 28in. (71cm.) deep (2)
Late 18th/early 19th Century
Decorated overall with stylised foliage and flowerhead entrelac, each with a curved splayed back centred by a cut-cornered brown velvet-backed recessed panel above a narrower conforming panel and a pierced X-shape, the downswept serpentine arms with lion-mask terminals with roaring mouths, on reeded baluster supports decorated with lappeted and foliage bands, the split-caned seat upholstered in blue velvet faded to brown, with a purple and gold silk border, above a foliate frieze, on turned tapering reeded legs decorated with further lappeted bands and paw feet, one chair inscribed in white paint on the underside of the amaranth seat-rail 5 F.T.W, the other F.T.W.13, variations in scale and decoration, the front legs of one chair cut, some losses and overall cracking, minor restorations
One chair: 27in. (68.5cm.) wide; 40in. (101.5cm.) high; 27in. (68.5cm.) deep
The other: 28in. (71cm.) wide; 40in. (101.5cm.) high; 28in. (71cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
By tradition Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), ruler of Mysore (see article by Dr. Amin Jaffer)
Acquired in India by George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Thence by descent at Kedleston
Acquired in India by George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Thence by descent at Kedleston