Live Auction 9502Christie's Interiors
AN ANGLO-INDIAN MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE
Lot 273 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

AN ANGLO-INDIAN MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE

BY CURRIE & CO., CIRCA 1830-40

Closed8 October 2013

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GBP 1,500

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN MAHOGANY OPEN BOOKCASE
BY CURRIE & CO., CIRCA 1830-40
The trefoil carved three-quarter gallery above four graduated open shelves, flanked by S- and C-scroll corbels and turned column uprights, on bun feet, and with panelled backboards, stamped several times 'CURRIE & CO'
46 in. (118 cm.) high; 38 in. (96 cm.) wide; 13 in. (35 cm.) deep

Specialist note

Currie and Co. were amongst about 250 retail proprietors listed in Calcutta in 1830, supplying the local elite.
A cupboard bearing the company's stamp was sold Christie's, London, 17 November 2009, lot 164.