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Lot 13 Details
Kochi Muziris Biennale Fundraiser Auction | Mumbai, Live 7 April 2015
The Groom
Photographic print on archival paper
27 x 19 in
Winning bid $1,967 Rs 1,20,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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Lot 31 Details
Live Auction: South Asian Treasures 17 December 2014
A BUFF SANDSTONE HEAD OF A GANA
Lot 12 Details
StoryLTD Absolute Auction 7-8 August 2013
Untitled
Acrylic on paper
View Dimensions a) 16 x 12 in (40.6 x 30.4 cm) b) 9 x 7.5 in (22.8 x 19 cm)
Winning bid $1,968 Rs 1,14,120 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 6 Details
Art Rises for India: A Covid-19 Relief Fundraiser Auction by the Indian Art Community 19-20 May 2021
Serigraph on paper
View Dimensions Print size: 17 x 22 in (43.3 x 56 cm)Sheet size: 19 x 25 in (48.4 x 63.4 cm)
Winning bid $1,968 Rs 1,41,680 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 19 Details
Art and Collectibles Online Auction 27-28 July 2016
CAMPAIGN LIBRARY ...
Teakwood with brass stepsFull...
View Dimensions In the 18th and 19th centuries, increased travel from Britain to Africa and India led to the requirement for portable furniture. The growing demand from not just military officers, but civilians, emigrants and passengers on ships sailing from Britain prompted London cabinetmakers and travel outfitters to create furniture that could be quickly and easily folded up, packed in boxes, transported and reassembled without the use of nails, tacks or tools. "Because travel in the eighteenth century was rugged and slow, campaign furniture was specifically designed to be... packed into manageable loads that could be stowed in the closed quarters of a ship before being carried across land by both man and beast.' (Nicholas A Brawer, British Campaign Furniture: Elegance Under Canvas, 1740 - 1914, New York: Harry N Abrams, Inc., 2001, p. 34) Campaign Furniture, which included chests, writing desks, bookcases, games tables, and chairs, emerged as a distinct category. "In the eighteenth century, folding furniture became fashionable; and designers vied with each other to invent furniture with adjustable, movable, and retractable parts. Cabinets were often specially equipped with sliding, adjustable, or disappearing mirrors; folding or swiveling candle brackets; specially equipped drawers for the toilet or for shaving; writing slides; adjustable reading flaps, etc." (Stanley Northcote-Bade, quoted in Brawer, p. 34) Furniture-makers maintained as many features of the best civilian furniture as possible, including the use of fine woods such as teak, mahogany, beechwood, rosewood, cedar, oak, camphorwood and walnut. Most of the furniture came with an outer box or canvas cover to protect the wood while in transit. These pieces could be easily assembled to be used outdoors, or in a new home where an officer might have been posted. Campaign furniture was largely designed keeping durability, practicality and ease of transport inmind. Some changes in material and form resulted as furniture makers responded to local climates and customs. For example, the use of cane grew increasingly popular in the 19th century, and was used for both the seat and the backrest of chairs. It decreased the weight of the furniture and was an ideal material which allowed for ventilation in the hot and tropical climate of India. Chair arms were padded with leather for comfort. Hollow metal tubing, another well-received innovation, was popular as it was insect-resistant. Brass and cast iron furniture came into style, and local woods such as Coromandel were also used. Some pieces even had secret compartments to hide personal effects.The largest consumers of campaign furniture were the administrators and officials of the Indian subcontinent. The influence of Indian motifs can be seen in some of the furniture from the 19th century, which incorporates Indian motifs, including floral and foliate designs. Most campaign furniture, however, was primarily British in style. The production of campaign furniture began decreasing by the time of the First World War.
Winning bid $1,968 Rs 1,29,888 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 9 Details
24-Hour Online Absolute Auction: Editions 25-26 July 2012
Packed House II
Woodcut on paper
11.5 x 9 in
Winning bid $1,969 Rs 1,06,320 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
Lot 15 Details
Fine Jewels: Ode to Nature 15-16 October 2019
PAIR OF GEMSET EARRINGS
Winning bid $1,971 Rs 1,38,000 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
24-Hour Online Auction: Art Deco 31 Oct-1 Nov 2012
A TRAPEZOID WALL MIRROR
Winning bid $1,976 Rs 1,00,798 (Inclusive of buyer's premium)
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