PROBABLY BOMBAY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN ROSEWOOD SOFA TABLES
PROBABLY BOMBAY, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
Each rectangular top above a profusely carved foliate frieze with two drawers, on acanthus supports with rosette roundels joined by an acanthus clasped stretcher
31 in. (78.5 cm.) high; 54 in. (137 cm.) wide; 23½ in. (59.5 cm) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

The overall form of these tables is influenced by British designs of the 1830s and 1840s, whilst the treatment of the profusely carved surfaces is similar to examples produced in Bombay during this period. See Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, 2001, p. 334-341.

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