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Foster 905
- Record Id:
- 040-003271843
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271840
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0008cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 905
- Title:
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The Chairman's Chair. Large ornately carved armchair with a high back surmounted by the crowned head of Neptune, and dolphins forming the cabriole front legs and feet. Embroidered panel depicting the arms of the EIC on the centre back.
- Scope & Content:
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Large ornately carved armchair c.1730 with a high back surmounted by the crowned head of Neptune, and dolphins forming the cabriole front legs and feet. Embroidered panel depicting the arms of the E.I.C. on the centre back.
Walnut with crimson velvet upholstery and padded arms. The coat of arms embroidered in silks and silver thread.
Literature: W. Foster, ‘A Descriptive Catalogue of the Paintings, Statues, &c., in the India Office’ (London, 1924), p.4; J. Hardy, ‘ India Office Furniture’, no.8.
Exhibited: National Portrait Gallery, ‘The Raj’, 1990, no.45; ‘Photographs of Furniture Exhibited at the Bethnal Green Museum in 1896,’ OIOC Photo 90/(1).
The chair was made for the Chairman of the East India Company in about 1730 when presiding over the Court of Directors, and was later used by the Secretary of State for India in the India Office Council Chamber in King Charles Street. Originally upholstered in red velvet, the seat and arms were re-covered in red morocco leather during the India Office period. The seat appears to have been re-covered in velvet in the early 1900s and the arm pads in 1959.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Directors Court Room
India Office Furniture - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271840
040-003271843 - Is part of:
- Foster 896-897, Foster 905 : F896-897; F905 Three elaborately carved and uphostered armchairs, made c.1730 for the Courts of Directors and…
Foster 905 : The Chairman's Chair. Large ornately carved armchair with a high back surmounted by the crowned head of Neptune, and dolphins forming… - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271840[0003]/040-003271843
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Foster 896-897, Foster 905
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1729
- End Date:
- 1731
- Date Range:
- c 1730
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: wood, walnut; upholstery, velvet
- Former Internal References:
- F 905
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
- Subjects:
- East India Company
Furniture
Occupations
trade and commerce