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Armchair

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Indian furniture makers made this chair and its matching footstool of wood encased with sheets of silver. Enamellers embellished the sheets with champlevé enamel (minai


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Rosewood, partly carved and covered in sheet silver, partly gilded, with enamel reserves
Brief description
Travelling chair made of rosewood, partly carved and covered in sheet silver, partly gilded, Lucknow, ca. 1820.
Physical description
Travelling chair made of rosewood, partly carved and covered in sheet silver, partly gilded, with enamel reserves. The front two legs have claw feet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 93cm
  • Width: 51cm
  • Depth: 68cm
Subjects depicted
Summary
Indian furniture makers made this chair and its matching footstool of wood encased with sheets of silver. Enamellers embellished the sheets with champlevé enamel (minai
Associated object
2519(IS) (Set)
Bibliographic references
  • Jaffer, Amin Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London : V&A Publications, 2001. 416 p., ill. ISBN 1851773185, p.304, pl.123.
  • Skelton, Robert, et al, The Indian Heritage. Court life and Arts under Mughal Rule London: The Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982 cat. 570, p. 168, Veronica Murphy
  • Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773819 pp.96-97
Collection
Accession number
2520(IS)

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Record createdNovember 29, 2002
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