拍品专文
A similar set of seven intricately carved Bombay blackwood chairs is illustrated and discussed in A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, V&A Publications 2001, pp. 341-342.
BOMBAY, CIRCA 1860
细节
TWO SIMILAR INDIAN BLACKWOOD SIDE CHAIRS
BOMBAY, CIRCA 1860
Each with an intricately carved splat, one depicting fruiting vines and the other chinar leaves and acorns, with upholstered seats covered in blue embroidered cotton, formerly with cane panels (2)
BOMBAY, CIRCA 1860
Each with an intricately carved splat, one depicting fruiting vines and the other chinar leaves and acorns, with upholstered seats covered in blue embroidered cotton, formerly with cane panels (2)
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