A TRIPLE DOME VIZAGAPATAM BUREAU CABINET STANDING ON FOUR EBONY AND IVORY BALL FEET
A TRIPLE DOME VIZAGAPATAM BUREAU CABINET STANDING ON FOUR EBONY AND IVORY BALL FEET
India
c. 1745
Dimensions
83.00cm wide 190.50cm high 47.00cm deep (32.68 inches wide 75.00 inches high 18.50 inches deep)
Provenance
The Royal House of Hohenzollern, Schloss Namedy.Literature
Amin Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, 2001.Description / Expertise
Of padouk and mouldings and borders of ebony inlaid with ivory engraved and highlighted with lac; the escutcheons of ivory. The bureau and cabinet inlaid with flowering trees redolent of Coromandel Coast chintzes; the bureau mounted with carrying handles. The top section at the back retains a rectangular plaque with chamfered sides bearing the letters "K.H."
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