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A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED EBONISED SOFA AND PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS
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A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED EBONISED SOFA AND PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS

BY COLLINSON AND LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY

Fermé13 January 2016

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GBP 1,250

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A LATE VICTORIAN CARVED EBONISED SOFA AND PAIR OF ARMCHAIRS
BY COLLINSON AND LOCK, LATE 19TH CENTURY
In the 17th century Indo-Ceylonese style, with foliate-carved frames and re-upholstered red chenille seats, stamped to the undersides 'COLLINSON & LOCK LONDON' and numbered
The sofa: 31 ½ in. (80 cm.) high; 43 ½ in. (110.5 cm.) wide; 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) deep

Note du spécialiste

Late 17th-century Coromandel Coast ebony chairs had been fashionable in Britain ever since Horace Walpole publicised his collection at Strawberry Hill in 1774. But the stimulus for the present suite was probably the acquisition of a similar chair by the Victoria and Albert Museum from the Hamilton Palace sale in 1882. The carving by Collinson and Lock, who specialised in ebonised finishes, is arguably superior to Indian and Ceylonese prototypes.