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Southeast Asian Furniture
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SOUTHEAST ASIAN
FURNITURE
Southeast Asian Furniture
502. Set o f Twelve C h a i r s (five armchairs
a n d seven side chairs)
(?) D u t c h colonial from Indonesia or Sri
Lanka (Ceylon), circa 1680-1720
Ebony and ebonized wood, some details
inlaid w i t h ivory
Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 6 i n . (106.7
c m
);
W i d t h (at front): 2 ft. (61 cm); W i d t h
(at back): 1 ft. 8 i n . (50.8 cm); Depth:
ι ft. j /i6
7
i n . (49.4 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
3 ft. 4 i n . (101.6 cm); W i d t h : 1 ft. 9% i n .
(55.2 c m ) ; D e p t h : 1 f t . 6 /i6 i n . (47.5
n
cm)
Accession number 92.DA.24.1—.12
PROVENANCE
(?) Thomas Thynne, ist Viscount
W e y m o u t h , Longleat Castle, Wiltshire,
One of five
502
One of seven
5°
circa 1700; Marquess o f Bath, Longleat
Castle, Wiltshire, circa 1700; (sold,
501
Christies, L o n d o n , November 17,1988, l o t
75); [Rainer Zietz, L t d . , L o n d o n ] .
5oi. "Polonaise" C a r p e t
Kashan, circa 1620
Silk w i t h metallic thread
Length: 9 ft. 1 i n . (277 cm); W i d t h : 5 ft. 7 i n .
BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Acquisitions /1992" GettyMusJxi
(1993),
i n press, illus.
(170 cm)
Accession number 68.DC.6
PROVENANCE
Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (sold,
Palais Galliera, Paris, March 18,1968, lot 104);
purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.
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