Lot Essay
Ms. Toulmin was known to refer to the chairs in the offered lot as English planters' chairs from Siam
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FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
Details
A SET OF TEN ANGLO-INDIAN TEAK OPEN ARMCHAIRS
First half 19th Century
The pierced caned backs over scrolling arms above caned seats on square legs with H-form stretchers
34½in. (87.6cm.) high (10)
First half 19th Century
The pierced caned backs over scrolling arms above caned seats on square legs with H-form stretchers
34½in. (87.6cm.) high (10)
Provenance
Alice Larkin Toulmin, Monterey, California
Literature
Duquette, Tony. 'The Lure of a Baroque Imagination: Designer's Los Angeles Studio/Residence'. Architectural Digest, March 1978, p. 112.
Lee, Sarah Tomerlin. 'Here Enter The House of a Magician'. House Beautiful, June 1965, p. 110.
Lee, Sarah Tomerlin. 'Here Enter The House of a Magician'. House Beautiful, June 1965, p. 110.