AN ANGLO INDIAN IVORY INLAID CHESS/GAMES TABLE
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AN ANGLO INDIAN IVORY INLAID CHESS/GAMES TABLE

WESTERN INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO INDIAN IVORY INLAID CHESS/GAMES TABLE
WESTERN INDIA, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Decorated overall with sadeli ornament, the octagonal top with four frieze drawers, two fitted with covered compartments
30in. (76.2cm.) high; 25½in. (64.8cm.) wide
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Lot Essay

A table of almost identical design was exhibited by Framjee Pestonjee Bhumgara in the Pondicherri Court at the Paris Universal Exhibition of 1889.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: Armin Jaffer 'Furniture from British India and Ceylon', London, 2001. Page 315, fig.130.

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