THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(Lots 320-321)
A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN IVORY-INLAID MAHOGANY STOOLS
EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF EGYPTIAN IVORY-INLAID MAHOGANY STOOLS
Early 20th Century
Inlaid overall with mother-of-pearl, boxwood and amaranth, each in the shape of a leopard, with rectangular padded seat covered in simulated leopard-skin, the heads with a geometric necklace, above a triangular tooth-shaped frieze, on naturalistic carved legs, with curled leopard-skin tails
The seats 19 in. (48 cm.) high (2)
Early 20th Century
Inlaid overall with mother-of-pearl, boxwood and amaranth, each in the shape of a leopard, with rectangular padded seat covered in simulated leopard-skin, the heads with a geometric necklace, above a triangular tooth-shaped frieze, on naturalistic carved legs, with curled leopard-skin tails
The seats 19 in. (48 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Given by the Egyptian Government to Sir Frederick Stuart.