Open armchair
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1660 - 1680
Materials
Ebony, cane
Place of origin
Coromandel Coast
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 20195
Summary
A carved ebony cane-seated open armchair, Coromandel Coast, India, circa 1660-80. The chair 20195.1, the seat 20195.2, the cushion 20195.3.
Provenance
Purchased by the National Trust from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
References
Jaffer 2001 : Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, a catalogue of the collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, London, V&A publications, 2001. Jaffer 2002 : "Luxury goods from India, the art of the Indian cabinet maker", London, V&A publications, 2002., pp.46-7