A SET OF FOUR ANGLO-INDIAN CALAMANDER OPEN ARMCHAIR, each with a cartouche shaped caned back scrolling foliate carved arms and a serpentine caned seat in a moulded frame carved with meandering vines, on cabriole legs with ball-and-claw feet (4)

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