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Ivory Inlaid Box
Hoshiarpur, India
circa 1880
length: 30cm; width: 21cm; height: 13.5cm
The box, made of shisham, a type of wood native to India and related to blackwood, is extensively inlaid in ivory and ebony with floral designs within geometric
borders. It stands on four feet, has a hinged lid. The edges are inlaid with alternating ebony and ivory strips. The front, back and sides are all similarly inlaid.
The interior has several compartments similarly inlaid with ivory, a mirror bordered by wooden fretwork.
A similar but smaller box was presented by Hoshiarpur District to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee. It has been on loan from the Royal
Collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum since 1924.
References: The Royal Collection box is illustrated in Jaffer, A., Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and
Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, Timeless Books, 2001, p. 291.
Inventory no.: 257
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Ivory Inlaid Box
Hoshiarpur, India
circa 1880
length: 30cm; width: 21cm; height: 13.5cm
The box, made of shisham, a type of wood native to India and related to blackwood, is extensively inlaid in ivory and ebony with floral designs within geometric
borders. It stands on four feet, has a hinged lid. The edges are inlaid with alternating ebony and ivory strips. The front, back and sides are all similarly inlaid.
The interior has several compartments similarly inlaid with ivory, a mirror bordered by wooden fretwork.
A similar but smaller box was presented by Hoshiarpur District to Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Golden Jubilee. It has been on loan from the Royal
Collection to the Victoria & Albert Museum since 1924.
References: The Royal Collection box is illustrated in Jaffer, A., Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and
Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum, Timeless Books, 2001, p. 291.
Inventory no.: 257
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