Chair
1880-1890 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This chair comes from the northern Indian town of Bareilly, a famous centre of painted furniture. The decoration is influenced by English papier-mâché work of about 1840-1860. Painted decoration against a lustrous black ground were typical features of this type of work.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Wood, partly carved and painted, with caned seat |
| Brief description | Side chair, wood, Bareilly, 1880-90. |
| Physical description | Side chair with open back with a central balustere shaped splat and a shaped top rail with three lobes. |
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| Summary | This chair comes from the northern Indian town of Bareilly, a famous centre of painted furniture. The decoration is influenced by English papier-mâché work of about 1840-1860. Painted decoration against a lustrous black ground were typical features of this type of work. |
| Bibliographic reference | 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.271, pl.97. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | IS.102-1972 |
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| Record created | March 10, 2003 |
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