Exceptional set of six chairs by Unknown artist

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Exceptional set of six chairs 1775

Unknown artist

WoodCoromandel
101 ⨯ 52 ⨯ 46 cm
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About the artwork
Coromandel wood and later upholstery, from the second half of the 18th century.

These chairs are practically identical to one illustrated in Furniture of the Dutch Period in Ceylon, by R.L.Brohier, plate XVI, fig. 4. The illustrated chair in Brohier’s book, one of a larger suite some of which still remain in the Wolvendaal Church in Colombo, was also made of coromandel wood and already in 1969 had an upholstered seat.
About the artist
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