Live Auction 3015Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN ROSEWOOD BOOKCASES
Lot 427

A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN ROSEWOOD BOOKCASES

BOMBAY, MID-19TH CENTURY

Closed22 November 2011

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GBP 11,250

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A PAIR OF ANGLO-INDIAN ROSEWOOD BOOKCASES
BOMBAY, MID-19TH CENTURY
The five tiers supporting by open scroll-work uprights each with an acanthus C-scroll and lotus centred cresting with corner finials, on carved ogee bracket feet
76¾ in. (195 cm.) high; 46¼ in. (117.5 cm.) wide; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) deep (2)

Specialist note

These bookcases, which are of a recognisably English form using George IV inspired decorative elements, convey a flamboyance that can be identified with types of furniture made in Bombay in British India towards the middle of the 19th century. Related furniture, loosely based on English designs is illustrated in A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, pp. 334-339.