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Container Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 4613-4615 Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. Add Or 4613

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4613
Title:
Design for a four-poster bed with velvet canopy. Maidens waving chowries cling to the four posts, while lions and peacocks support heraldic shields at head and foot.
Scope & Content:
Design for a four-poster bed with velvet canopy. Maidens waving chowries cling to the four posts, while lions and peacocks support heraldic shields at head and foot. The bed is held up by legs composed of angels emerging from fishs’ jaws supported by lions’ feet. 23.5 by 38 cm; watermark (par...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 4614

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4614
Title:
Design for a carved wooden settee with a back of two lobes, and legs with four alternative designs (including two of angels).
Scope & Content:
Design for a carved wooden settee with a back of two lobes, and legs with four alternative designs (including two of angels). Inscribed on the recto in nagari’: 26;’ and on the verso in Urdu: ‘madhu prashad beni prashad roti kunvan banaras’; watermark (partly cut off):’ [Luc]know [Pape]r Mills....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 4615

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4615
Title:
Design for an armchair with claw-footed fish-shaped cabriole legs and with caparisoned elephants as arms.
Scope & Content:
Design for an armchair with claw-footed fish-shaped cabriole legs and with caparisoned elephants as arms. Inscribed in nagari on verso: ‘21’; watermark: ‘A. Pirie & Son Limited Aberdeen & London.’ 20.5 by 33.5 cm. Note: A similar chair with lion arms is published by S.C. Welch, ‘Room...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

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