λ A CARVED HARDWOOD ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID DAVENPORT DESK WITH VEGETAL DESIGNS
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Northern India, ca. 1870 - 1890

λ A CARVED HARDWOOD ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID DAVENPORT DESK WITH VEGETAL DESIGNS
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Northern India, ca. 1870 - 1890

Of typical rectangular shape, resting on a stepped base, divided into two main registers, the upper register featuring a narrow rectangular drawer with two ebony knobs surmounted by a sloping tabletop cover, with a burgundy red felt-lined interior and a narrow desk organiser with small compartments to store writing tools and stationery, and a rectangular lidded storage unit at the top with fluted profile, the interior with more squared and rectangular compartments, the lower register featuring a central unit with double doors gaining access to document compartments, shelved cupboards and pigeonholes, each side with four squared drawers for storing writing implements, the exterior profusely inlaid with ivory and ebony marquetry work showcasing interlocking vegetal sprays, tall cypress trees, pairs of birds, swans, peacocks and fish, stylised rosette roundels, and geometric two-tone fretwork bands, above the rounded arch in the middle of the stepped base an ivory-inlaid inscription in Roman alphabet reading "MIADA SMISTRI HOSHIARPUR" (the Masters' Square Hoshiarpur), the whole desk embodying the typical Anglo-Indian mix of Western furniture design and Indian artistic traditions, 93cm x 70.5cm x 60cm.

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Dimensions: 93cm x 70.5cm x 60cm