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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID HARDWOOD TABLE CABINET
Lot 551 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 549-552)

AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID HARDWOOD TABLE CABINET

GUJERAT OR SINDH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Closed7 July 2011

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY-INLAID HARDWOOD TABLE CABINET
GUJERAT OR SINDH, LATE 17TH/EARLY 18TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with stylised floral sprays within foliate borders, the rectangular top above a pair of hinged doors with conforming decoration to reverse and revealing an interior with seven variously sized drawers, the reverse centred by an oval medallion with floral sprays
10¾ in. (27.5 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (39 cm.) wide; 11½ in. (29.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Dr. Amin Jaffer notes that this form of cabinet, opening as it does with two doors rather than a fall-front, was introduced as a result of Western influence at the end of the seventeenth century. A cabinet of similar form is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (A. Jaffer, Luxury Goods from India: the Art of the Indian Cabinet-Maker, London, 2002, no.25).

A closely related cabinet was sold 'Two Late Regency Collectors Philip John Miles & George Byng', Christie's, London, 9 June 2005, lot 173.