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Foster 913
- Record Id:
- 040-003271845
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003271844
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x0008d1
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Foster 913
- Title:
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Boardroom table
- Scope & Content:
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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’, no.63.
This table may originally have been supplied for the General Courtroom, but was by the early 19th century in use in the Directors' Courtroom (see water-colour by T. Shepherd WD2465).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Directors Court Room
India Office Furniture - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003271844
040-003271845 - Is part of:
- Foster 913-915 : F913-915 Three board-room tables used by the Directors of the East India Company at East India House, and subsequently in the…
Foster 913 : Boardroom table - Hierarchy:
- 032-003271844[0001]/040-003271845
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Foster 913-915
- 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: mahogany; leather
- Former Internal References:
- F 913
- Material Type:
- Artefacts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- East India Company, 1600-1858
- Subjects:
- East India Company
Furniture
Occupations
trade and commerce