A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
Cape & Colonial Silver, Furniture & Dec Arts, The Harvey Collection of Africana & SA & Int Art
About this Item
A Ceylonese ebonised and caned armchair, 19th century
the rectangular caned back with shell-and-lotus-carved top-rail, caned seat, foliate-carved arm supports, moulded seat rails, on ring-turned and lobed legs, brass cappings and castors
Provenance
Sold: The Elizabeth Mark Collection. Sotheby's, Johannesburg, 29 April 1985, lot 144
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