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Collection Area Visual Arts Material Type Artefacts

121. Foster 912

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 912
Title:
Parliament wall clock with marine paintings
Scope & Content:
Wall clock c.1730, case painted and gilded, showing an Indiaman in full sail. Formerly in the Marine Department at East India House, and then in the Reading Room in the India Office Library, King Charles St. 150 cm max height; 90 cm max. width. Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, ‘The Raj’,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

122. Foster 913

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 913
Title:
Boardroom table
Scope & Content:
Board-room table, c.1730, with later stamped leather top. Cabriole legs with Indian masks, and lion-paw feet, with along one side a female head in the central cartouche framed by a scallop shell and acanthus leaves. Mahagony, 102 ins. long by 42 ins. wide. J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1730
Extent:
1 Item

123. Foster 913-915

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 913-915
Title:
F913-915 Three board-room tables used by the Directors of the East India Company at East India House, and subsequently in the Council Chamber of the ...
Scope & Content:
F913-915 Three board-room tables used by the Directors of the East India Company at East India House, and subsequently in the Council Chamber of the India Office.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1729-1801
Extent:
2 items

124. Foster 914-915

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 914-915
Title:
Pair of boardroom tables
Scope & Content:
A pair of board-room tables, c.1800. Cabriole legs with Indian masks, and lion-paw feet, with along one side a female head in the central cartouche framed by a scallop shell and acanthus leaves. Mahagony, 120 ins. long by 30 ins. wide. J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.64. Made to matc...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

125. Foster 916

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 916
Title:
Bookstand, with square fluted legs
Scope & Content:
Bookstand, with two shelves, and square fluted legs. c.1800. Mahagony. Similar to J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.74.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

126. Foster 917-918

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 917-918
Title:
Pair of chairs with semi-circular backs and pierced upright slats, on square legs.
Scope & Content:
Pair of chairs with semi-circular backs and pierced upright slats, on square legs. c.1800-20. Mahagony. Similar to J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.11, but with semi-circular tops to the backs.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

127. Foster 919

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 919
Title:
Armchair with neo-classical reeded ornament, and multi-splat back, and wooden seat.
Scope & Content:
Armchair with neo-classical reeded ornament, and multi-splat back, with a tablet on the crest rail, and a wooden seat and square legs. c.1800. Mahagony. Similar to J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, nos.24-26, but with a wooden seat.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

128. Foster 920

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 920
Title:
Chair with curving uprights terminating in Ionic capitals and a broad crest rail, with turned front legs. Matches F962.
Scope & Content:
Chair with curving uprights terminating in Ionic capitals and a broad crest rail, with turned front legs. Early 19th century. Mahagony. J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.54 One of a suite of chairs formerly in the Finance Committee Room at the India Office, and possibly supplied for th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1820
Extent:
1 Item

129. Foster 922

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 922
Title:
Chaplain's board (1) from St Matthias's church, Poplar
Scope & Content:
Chaplain's board (1) from St Matthias's church, Poplar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-c 1950
Extent:
1 Item

130. Foster 923

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 923
Title:
Chaplain's board (2) from St Matthias's church, Poplar
Scope & Content:
Chaplain's board (2) from St Matthias's church, Poplar
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1700-c 1950
Extent:
1 Item