The Property of the KEDLESTON ESTATE TRUST (Lots 212-217)
AN ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARVED IVORY FOOTSTOOL

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY

细节
AN ANGLO-INDIAN POLYCHROME-DECORATED CARVED IVORY FOOTSTOOL
Late 18th/early 19th Century
The rectangular inset split-caned seat over-upholstered in blue velvet faded to brown, with a purple and gold silk border, the frame carved with swagged foliage, above a frieze carved with a blue flowerhead pattern, on octagonal reeded tapering legs with lion-paw feet, inscribed in white paint on the amaranth seat-rail 6.F.T.W., some losses and overall cracking
15¾in. (40cm.) wide; 8½in. (22cm.) high; 13¼in. (34cm.) deep
来源
By tradition Tipu Sultan (1750-1799), ruler of Mysore (see article by Dr. Amin Jaffer)
Acquired in India by George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire
Thence by descent at Kedleston