A pair of Dutch Colonial polychrome-lacquered and painted side chairs probably Batavia or Ceylon, 18th/19th century

Very fun. Upholstery is in excellent condition. Wear and abrasions to painted decoration. Later supports to underside of seat frame. Usual abrasions, scratches, and chips consistent with use and age.
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For comparable chairs with similarly exaggerated knees and low seats, see Jan Veenendaal, Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India during the Dutch Period, The Hague, 1985, p. 107. The bold carving on the chairs offered here is also related to that found other types of furnishings from the Dutch colonial lands such as a Batavian cabinet and a lacquered settee, see ibid., pp. 64 and 91, respectively.