A 17th Century Dutch Colonial Ebony Armchair Textiles H:8 W:5 D:4 CM

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A pair of red feather plumes over a steel cage frame

Author and critic Michel de Ghelderode described De Clerk as having the most illuminated spirit and the most instinctive nature of the young Belgian sculptors

An excellent example of the region’s traditional style of carving

unusual variant

A 17th Century Dutch Colonial Ebony Armchair Textiles H:8 W:5 D:4 CMCarved Ebony with upholstered seat, Dutch East Indies (Sri Lanka or Java) 1680 1700. Richly carved ebony chairs with twist turned components were first made in the mid 17th century for Europeans living along Indias Coromandel Coast. Furniture like this was very popular at Dutch settlements in India, Sri Lanka and the Indonesian archipelago, where it was reproduced both in ebony and other less expensive woods. This chair is carved with a type of flower