A HARDWOOD ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY AND EBONY-INLAID ARMCHAIR
Hoshiarpur, Punjab, Northern India,19th century

With typical crossed X-like sloping legs, a removable flat square seat, rising to curved sides, fluted armrests terminating in feline heads, possibly lions or tigers, with sharp fangs and rounded tongues sticking out, the openwork back carved with two confronting peacocks separated by a tall rose stem, profusely inlaid with ivory and ebony marquetry work in the form of vegetal meanderings, stylised diamond-shaped rosettes, and two-tone chevron fretwork bands around the edges of the armrests, embodying the typical Anglo-Indian mix of Western furniture design and Indian artistic traditions, 96cm x 76cm x 48cm.

For further reference and comparison, please see identical Hoshiarpur chairs offered in the auction market at Bonhams London, 4 October 2011, lot 297; and 8 April 2014, lot 228, reoffered 23 May 2023, lot 159.

Ivory submission reference: 9FL8B9Z5