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拍品專文
The present lot is the result of the longstanding exchange of influences between European colonists and local craftsmen. This is characterised by European furniture design enriched with Indian and Indonesian designs for carving.The carving on this chair can be linked to the carving on the Dutch colonial furniture in Ceylon during the 17th Century.
During the interregnum of governor Raffles in Java in the early 19th century, English influences gained prominence in Colonial furniture throughout the Dutch East Indies. A prominent example of this influence is the still immensly popular "Raffles" chair.
This armchair was inspired by the English regency style, for example, the bold reeded sabre legs and its prominent tablet toprail. Originally it would have been caned, and would have had plain arm-rests.
See illustration
During the interregnum of governor Raffles in Java in the early 19th century, English influences gained prominence in Colonial furniture throughout the Dutch East Indies. A prominent example of this influence is the still immensly popular "Raffles" chair.
This armchair was inspired by the English regency style, for example, the bold reeded sabre legs and its prominent tablet toprail. Originally it would have been caned, and would have had plain arm-rests.
See illustration