Child's Chair
Decorative Arts and Design
MEDIUM
Teakwood and natural fiber
DATES
last quarter 19th century
DIMENSIONS
26 x 15 7/8 x 18 1/2 in. (66 x 40.3 x 47 cm)
MARKINGS
Unmarked
ACCESSION NUMBER
2013.13
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Marcia and John Friede, Stephen Stark, Mrs. Ernest T. Weir and bequest of Mrs. William Sterling Peters, by exchange
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
An Anglo-Indian child’s armchair of curule form and rectangular members decorated throughout with intricate foliate carving. The rectangular back and gadrooned hard seat are finished with caning interwoven in a symmetrical pattern. The crest above the chair back depicts a downward-diving bird flanked by two pomegranates, its extended wings merging into an abstract foliate design. The finials on either side of the crest are forward-facing kneeling figures in draped attire, placed above two shallowly-carved lizards decorating the chair shoulders. The chair arms morph into identical dragon-like creatures carved in the round, their scaled, winged bodies terminating in pointed tails and their clawed feet resting on anthropomorphic seated figures. Two stretchers carved with foliate designs are placed between the curved legs, the crossing of which is decorated with demon-like masks in high relief. The chair rests on four anthropomorphic feet shaped like crouching figures, facing forward under the front legs and backwards under the back legs.
CONDITION:
Overall good condition, seemingly revived recently.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is not on view
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