A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK SIDE CHAIRS

Lot 34
02.07.2024 17:00UTC +00:00
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£ 201 600
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Lot 34 | A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK SIDE CHAIRS
Valeur estimée
£ 100 000 – 150 000
A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID PADOUK SIDE CHAIRS
VIZAGAPATAM, MID-18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with line-engraved ivory of scrolling flowers and foliage, each with a central vase-shaped splat between serpentine uprights, above a caned seat with foliage border above a concave-moulded border with further foliate scrolls and shaped apron to the front, reverse and sides, on cabriole legs joined by a waved X-shaped stretcher with central flower head, on paw feet with ivory claws
40 ¾ in. (103.5 cm.) high; 20 in. (50.8 cm.) wide; 19 in. (48.3 cm.) deep




Provenance

By tradition, a gift from the Nawab of Arcot to a British East India Company official.
Acquired in Spain by Baron Lionel de Rothschild (1808-79) and subsequently installed at 148, Piccadilly, London, W.1.;
Thence by descent to Victor Rothschild, Esq., 148, Piccadilly, London where the suite was recorded in the library, central hall (or entrance hall) and lobby (or west lobby) in 1882, 1904, 1915, 1924 and 1928;
Sold from 148 Piccadilly, by order of Victor Rothschild; Sotheby's house sale, 20 April 1937, lot 195 (part), to Partridge.
With Lennox Money Antiques, London, December 1973.
Acquired circa 1973 and sold Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 9 July 1998, lot 51.
The Collection of Lily & Edmond Safra; sold, Sotheby's, New York, 3-4 November 2005, lot 141
The Exceptional sale; Christie's, London, 4 July 2019, lot 119, where acquired by the present owner.



Literature

March 1882, 'List of property formerly in the possession of Baron Lionel de Rothschild of 148 Piccadilly and now divided by consent of the Baroness Lionel de Rothschild between her three sons', the suite recorded in the library.
The Rothschild Archive 000/176/111.1904, 'Inventory of 148 Piccadilly', the suite recorded in the library, central hall and lobby.
The Rothschild Archive 000/848/17/1June 1915, '148 Piccadilly: Schedule of Works of Art and objects recommended as exempt from Duty under The Finance Act', the suite recorded in the library, entrance hall and west lobby.
The Rothschild Archive 000/848/18/1.February 1924, 'The contents of 148 Piccadilly: Estate Duty Valuation', the suite recorded in the library, entrance hall and west lobby.
The Rothschild Archive 000/848/20/1.1928, 'Inventory of 148 Piccadilly', the suite recorded in the library, central hall and lobby. The Rothschild Archive 000/848/17/2
Dr. Vilhelm Slomann, Burlington Magazine, 1934.
R. Edwards and K. de B. Codrington, Apollo, XXII, 1935, p. 15-6.Apollo, December 1973 (Lennox Money Antiques trade advertisement).
Dr. Amin Jaffer, 'On the Coast of Coromandel', Christie's Magazine, July 1998.
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