A DUTCH ROSEWOOD FOLDING CHURCH CHAIR overall carved with foliage and dolphins, the back with three arcaded and dentilled stretchers joined by turned ebony balusters and upright members with floral carved finials, the seat covered with the original braid and needlework, second quarter 17th Century

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A DUTCH ROSEWOOD FOLDING CHURCH CHAIR overall carved with foliage and dolphins, the back with three arcaded and dentilled stretchers joined by turned ebony balusters and upright members with floral carved finials, the seat covered with the original braid and needlework, second quarter 17th Century

Lot Essay

cf. literature R.J. Baarsen, Nederlandse meubelen 1600-1800, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Waanders Uitgevers, Zwolle, 1993, pp. 22-23 and pp. 32-33
cf. literature J. Veenendaal, Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India during the Dutch period, Volkenkundig Museum Nusantara, Delft, 1985, p. 73
cf. a lacquered example sold at Christie's London on 14 and 15 June 1993 as lot 425 with illustration

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