Lot 74
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A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR
A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR
A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR
A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR
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A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR

SOUTH EAST INDIA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A RARE VIZAGAPATAM IVORY-VENEERED ARMCHAIR
SOUTH EAST INDIA, FIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Engraved overall with flowers and foliage, the rectangular back with three horizontal splats with mirrored panels, with down curved arms flanking a padded seat covered in green velvet, on square tapering legs joined by stretchers, the reverse with conforming engraving and panels, the apron with dense and intricate floral ground, the armrests, apron and legs with elegasnt floral motifs between two registers of strapwork, restorations and probably originally caned

34 x 20 ¼ x 18in. (86.4 x 51.2 x 45.8cm.)
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Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

The design of the chair back with its tablet rail and flower-filled guilloche, curved arms and herm legs, relates to T. Sheraton's The Cabinet Dictionary, London, 1803, pl. 7, no. 2. Identical flower sprays within foliate borders on the legs and stretchers feature on a chair sold by Lord Astor of Hever Castle in Christie's, London, 13 February, 1975, lot 38. It also appears on five more from the set which were in the Wrightsman Collection and were sold by Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, Sotheby's New York, 5 May 1984, lot 183 (F.J.B. Watson, The Wrightsman Collection Catalogue III, 1970, no. 290 A-E).

The inset mirrors on the back rest of the armchair are unusual although another chair from this set was offered at Christie's, London, 6 July 2000, lot 15. For other fine examples of ivory furniture from Vizagapatam, see Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, Singapore, 2001, pp.172-221.

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