A 17th Century Dutch Colonial Ebony Armchair Textiles A pair of red feather

A pair of red feather plumes over a steel cage frame

The Jasper top appears to be 'on fire' in a certain light

A rare pair of Chinese reverse painted mirrors within gilt and black Japanned frames

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A 17th Century Dutch Colonial Ebony Armchair Textiles A pair of red featherCarved 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