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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Lucknow (made)

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

Object details
Categories
SCRAN
Furniture
India Museum
Object type
Footstool
Materials and techniques
Rosewood, partly carved and covered in sheet silver, partly gilded, with enamel reserves
Brief description
Footstool 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 legs have claw feet.
Dimensions
Height: 17.5cm
Width: 44cm
Depth: 33cm
Subject depicted
Claw Feet
Summary
Indian furniture makers used wood encased with sheets of silver for this chair and matching footstool. Enamellers embellished the sheets with champlevé enamel (minai
Associated object
2520(IS) (Set)
Bibliographic references
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 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.
Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773819 pp.96-97
Collection
South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number
2519(IS)
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Record created November 29, 2002
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71117/footstool-unknown/
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Categories	SCRAN Furniture India Museum
Object type	Footstool
Materials and techniques	Rosewood, partly carved and covered in sheet silver, partly gilded, with enamel reserves
Brief description	Footstool 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 legs have claw feet.
Dimensions	Height: 17.5cm Width: 44cm Depth: 33cm
Subject depicted	Claw Feet
Summary	Indian furniture makers used wood encased with sheets of silver for this chair and matching footstool. Enamellers embellished the sheets with champlevé enamel (minai
Associated object	2520(IS) (Set)
Bibliographic references	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 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. Luxury goods from India : the art of the Indian cabinet maker / Amin Jaffer. London: V&A Publications, 2002 Number: 1851773819 pp.96-97
Collection	South & South East Asia Collection
Accession number	2519(IS)

Record created	November 29, 2002
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O71117/footstool-unknown/

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