Card/Transcription No.: 039-1

39   Solid Ebony Chair (for a child) I
Position:
Under tail end of Lion Couch (No. 35). In original position, though
disturbed.
Dimensions:
Max. H. 71.0; Max. depth, front to back, 39.0; Max. W. 37.0.
Description:
Solid ebony child's chair, overlaid and inlaid with ivory, with studded
rivots and panels (in arms) in gold.
The construction is almost exactly similar to chair no. 87, though in
details of ornamentation it differs.
The sloping curved back, supported behind by three plain upright slats, is
inlaid with a geometrical pattern.
The gilt panels of the both the arms are decorated on the outside with a
wounded oryx and desert plant, surrounded by scroll pattern, and on the
inside a simple desert plant device, surrounded by the common rectangular
pattern.
The legs of feline designs have connecting rails and open trellis work
between.
The curved seat is formed of five slats fitted into the framework.