MID-19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EAST INDIAN BLACK PAINTED AND GILT DECORATED CHESTS ON STANDS
MID-19TH CENTURY
Each with a gently domed top and decorated throughout with a foliate lattice and gilt cartouches, the reverse with arabesques and with bronze handles to each side, the decoration worn and with minor damage throughout, the stands with repairs.
Each 40½in. (103cm.) high, 35in. (89cm.) wide, 20in. (50cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Painted and varnished finishes in black and gold were characteristic of Bareilly, which, as early as the 1820's was renowned for the production of western-style furniture. The decoration incorporated both western floral designs and Chinese export lacquer-inspired schemes. A lacquered box made at Bareilly was shown at the Great Exhibition of 1851.
See Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001.

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