Adrian Alan
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An Exceptional Pair of Anglo-Indian Silver Veneered and Parcel Gilt Repousse Ceremonial Thrones ( 1860 )
| Dimensions: | 84.00cm wide 149.00cm high 66.00cm deep (33.07 inches wide 58.66 inches high 25.98 inches deep) |
| Description: |
The inspiration for these exotic armchairs may well have been the Indo-European style of the Scottish artist, Robert Home (1752 - 1834) for the King of Oudh. Home's flight of fancy may well have been inspired by Cabral's Voyages of Circa 1500 with reference to the Zamorin of Calicut's 'large silver chair' and Tipu Sultans Tiger Throne. The Indo-European style became popular in the Northern courts from the middle of the Nineteenth Century. A chair with similarities to these thrones was exhibited at the Victoria & Albert Museum at the Indian Heritage Exhibition on the 21st-22nd of August 1982 (catalogue no.574). These thrones and the Victoria & Albert Museum chair have a central tiger's mask holding grapes and vines and the same distinctive scroll foot, and would appear to be from the same workshops. Possibly Rajasthan, Circa 1860, during the reign of Bahador Shah II, the last Mugal Emperor. |
| Literature: |
The Indian Heritage: Court Life and Arts under Mughal Rule. Exhibition catalogue, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 1982 |
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