Brass Mounted Rosewood Anglo-Indian Planters Chair
£3,800
Code
1700
With sloping back and arms with extending sections, with finely figured and brass mounted rosewood
Anglo-Indian, mid to late 19th Century
Variants are found throughout the world, from tobacco plantations in Cuba, cotton plantations in America's deep South to the Tea and rubber plantatins of South East Asia. A relic from the colonial past, this Indian made solid Indian Rosewood 'Planters Chair' would have been commissioned by British officials during the Raj, using local craftsmanship and native timber
The design is an excellent example of both form and function, a low spacious reclining chair which comfortably supports the body and the long extending arms serving as leg rests, whilst the cane provided ventilation. Initially such chairs were used exclusively in planations and military camps but by the late 19th Century they had become prerequisite of most British Colonial household verandas. Their popularity declined with the receding of the European Empires in the mid 20th Century
Anglo-Indian, mid to late 19th Century
Variants are found throughout the world, from tobacco plantations in Cuba, cotton plantations in America's deep South to the Tea and rubber plantatins of South East Asia. A relic from the colonial past, this Indian made solid Indian Rosewood 'Planters Chair' would have been commissioned by British officials during the Raj, using local craftsmanship and native timber
The design is an excellent example of both form and function, a low spacious reclining chair which comfortably supports the body and the long extending arms serving as leg rests, whilst the cane provided ventilation. Initially such chairs were used exclusively in planations and military camps but by the late 19th Century they had become prerequisite of most British Colonial household verandas. Their popularity declined with the receding of the European Empires in the mid 20th Century
H 80cm x W 60cm x D 130cm
H 31½" x W 23¾" x D 51¼"
H 31½" x W 23¾" x D 51¼"
