Chair
Category
Furniture
Date
1660 - 1680
Materials
Ebony, textile
Measurements
104 cm (H); 57 cm (W); 50 cm (D)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 592861.5
Summary
One of a set of six ebony chairs, Indian, circa 1660-1680. Each with a carved pierced crest above a spindle turned back and square section stiles surmounted by carved birds, the later upholstered drop in seat within a carved frame and raised on twist turned baluster legs tied by stretchers.
Provenance
Given by Frank Green (1861-1954) along with house, garden and contents to the National Trust in 1930.
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.