A Dutch colonial ebony and ebonised chair

A Dutch colonial ebony and ebonised chair
Coromandel coast, second half 17th Century and later
The pierced rectangular back carved in low relief with scrolling foliage and flowers, the shaped arched toprail flanked by pineapple finials above a gallery of spirally-turned spindles and a caned seat with later rails to the front and sides, on rope-twist legs joined by conforming stretchers and on block feet, seat-rails and front legs later