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Project / Collection India Office Furniture Level [40] File

11. Foster 909

Reference (shelfmark):
Foster 909
Title:
Hall chair with neo-classical oval back, with dished centre, and wooden seat
Scope & Content:
Hall chair with neo-classical oval back, with dished centre, and wooden seat, c.1784. Mahogany. J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.22 This may be from the set of four hall chairs recorded in the 1828 inventory of the Board of Control's offices in Cannon Row.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1784
Extent:
1 Item

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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