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Savonarola Moorish Peacock Armchair - $2,500 (burlingame)
Churchill Dr
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Pick up in Hillsborough
Savonarola Folding chair with brass Inlays British India with Peacocks birds backrest.
19th century Middle Eastern style Savonarola armchair inlaid with a profusion of brass and copper with circular Moorish motifs and decorated with elaborate floral patterns inlaid in brass with opposing Peacock birds backrest.
A folding chair in the form of "Savonarola" with exquisite brass inlays from British India circa 19th century.
The likely walnut chair was made in three pieces, the folding X-frame, the seat and the back support, and it easily dissembles for transportation and traveling. What stunning about the chair is the exquisite inlay work that covers nearly the entire surface of the piece. Small mosaics of brass of contrasting color and various geometrical shapes were used to painstakingly create the pictorial designs. The back support features a pair of stylized peacock facing each other; the center of the seat showcases a roundel with eight petals of scrolling vine design, both with of classical Indian Mughal aesthetic.
The arms were inlaid with a strong sense of geometrical symmetry. The two hand rests at the end morphed into Jaguar heads vividly carved and inlaid with round eyes.
Displaying a wide confluence of cultural influences, the exotic chair is a great Anglo-Indian example of global luxury piece commissioned by British company for the western market, but made by local skillful artisans using indigenous motifs in design and materials in construction.
Compare - personally, I like mine better - copy & paste link below:
https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/seating/armchairs/anglo-indian-savonarola-moorish-peacock-armchair-brass-inlays-19th-c/id-f_13082201/
I don't just prefer mine out of personal bias. Outside of the fact that the only other one I could find for sale is $1450 more, but the teeth on the armrests is in FAR better condition on mine (see photos for both). And you get to actually see mine in "real" life before committing to $250 in shipping charges. Which, of course, you won't have to pay at all picking it up from me in Hillsborough.