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Dining chair (© Osborne House)
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© Osborne House

Dining chair

Artist: John Lockwood Kipling (1837 - 1911), Bhai Ram Singh

Location: Osborne House

Date: 1892

Materials: walnut & leather

Dimensions: 110 x 53 x 48 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,500 (Total: £6,383)

Vendor: Christopher Edwards

Review number: 3773 (1992)

Provenance:
Osborne Inventories 1901 & 1904; disposed 1916/1917.

Description:
Dining chair by Lockwood Kipling and Ram Singh. One of an original set of 36 from the Durbar Room at Osborne House. The room reflects Queen Victoria's fascination with India, much of the work was executed in situ by Indian craftsmen. It was originally furnished as a banqueting room with a set of 36 dining chairs and 5 side tables.

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