SOLD ITEM 4228 - Antique Anglo India Hand Carved Rosewood Easel

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Antique Anglo India Hand Carved Rosewood Cobra snake Easel. This Antique rosewood easel with carved Cobra snakes measures 74 inches high overall and is one half inches wide. The tray where the display sits, measures 27 and one half inches long and is 2 an three quarters inches wide. circa 1850 to 1860. This a very rare piece. Its design features hand carved cobras,and lizards. Excellent original condition.This is the only piece like it we have ever seen. We seriously doubt that there could be more than a hand full of pieces like this one in existence. It is also possible that it was commissioned in which case it is the only one.The cobras twist around every piece and the heads hold up the painting tray. To learn more about this period of furniture from British India see "Furniture from British India and Ceylon" by Amin Jaffer. Be sure to click each photograph to view this amazing piece in more detail.Carved by a master carver.In the book "Great American Mansions" c1963 page 258 there is a picture of a bed that matches the carving on this easel. It is reported in the book to have taken 25 years to carve.
 
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