Furniture and Collections - 10th April 2025
Lot 733
A RARE ANGLO-INDIAN CALAMANDER PEMBROKE TABLE
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1071
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Description
A RARE ANGLO-INDIAN CALAMANDER PEMBROKE TABLE
CEYLONESE, C.1820-30
the drop-leaf top with a reeded edge above a frieze drawer and on ribbed legs
72.5cm high, 55cm wide (closed), 57.7cm deep
Catalogue Note
A related calamander Davenport was sold in these rooms Furniture Works of Art & Clocks 15th January 2025, lot 555 for £9,000 (hammer).
Literature
See Amin Jaffer, 'Furniture from British India and Ceylon', p.367. pl.176, for a similar sofa table in the Peabody Museum of Salem.