Not on display

Sliding Book Stand

ca. 1867 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sliding book-stand, rosewood with parquetry in ivory , Bombay, 1867.

Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Veneered rosewood, with ivory, wood and metal micromosaic inlays, borders of ebony, metal and ivory micromosaic inlays, and silvered brass hinges
Brief description
Sliding book-stand, rosewood with parquetry in ivory , Bombay, 1867.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.5cm
  • Width: 31.5cm
  • Depth: 14.5cm
Subject depicted
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.321, pl.137.
Collection
Accession number
02283(IS)

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Record createdDecember 2, 2002
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