拍品专文
This Dutch colonial, probably Indonesian, caned armchair derives from the Louis XV fauteuil de bureau, and reflects the interest for French seat-furniture in Holland in the 18th Century, which subsequently spread to the Dutch overseas territories. Several well-known European models were imitated quite closely in Indonesia and Ceylon, in particular in the second half of the 18th Century, when light kaliatur and jati (teak) timbers were employed, which occasionally have a similar golden brown radiance as European woods, such as walnut and beechwood. However, the carving of these colonial chairs generally retained its exotic appearance, which betrays their nationality. This example relates to a red-painted teak armchair in the Museum Sejarah Jakarta, which is illustrated in J. Veenendaal, Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India during the Dutch period, Delft, 1985, p. 108, fig. 124.