Indian Neoclassical Style Chair

A curtain in silver, stopped mid-fold, above a seat striped like a zebra.

Made in India and contemporary in date, this neoclassical style chair combines teak wood and silver. Silver furniture was long a mark of rank at Indian courts, and classical motifs such as drapery and fluted columns entered that repertoire with European fashions. Here the silver runs warm and dark, with brighter highlights on the folds. Tall reeded posts end in small urn finials, and a banded seat rail sits above slender tapered legs. The upholstered seat is black and cream. Height is 41.5 inches, with 16 long and 18 deep.

Not a chair for slouching.