AN ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY AND IVORY-INLAID SATINWOOD CABINET

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY AND IVORY-INLAID SATINWOOD CABINET
Early 19th Century
Inlaid overall with ebony lines terminating in ivory-centred roundels, the rectangular crossbanded top further inlaid with boxwood lines above a pair of panelled doors enclosing an adjustable shelf and a hinged fall-flap simulated as a drawer, above two drawers, on shaped bracket feet, the backboards of the top section replaced probably when the top drawer was converted to a fall-flap and the interior of the cupboard later lined
27in. (68.5cm.) wide; 43in. (109cm.) high; 22in. (56cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Similar use of ebony and ivory inlaid decoration can be seen on a satinwood table made in South India in the first quarter of the 19th Century (illustrated in 'Anglo-India, Fine and Decorative Arts made for the British in India 1800-1870', Exhibition Catalogue, Kentshire Galleries, New York, 1985, p. 12, cat. no. 38).

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