Eckart MUTHESIUS (1904-1989)
Banquette for the billiard room, Manik Bagh Palace, c. 1930.
Tufted with a quilted cover and a low rolled back.
Solid black-varnished red wood base with a plain flat band. Identically re-upholstered.
At least one example of this model appears in period photographs.
68 x 160 x 77 cm
Bibliography:
– Reto Niggl, “Eckart Muthesius, The Maharaja Palace in Indore, 1930”, Ed. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, p. 43.
Reto Niggl, “Eckart Muthesius, India 1930-1939, Architecture- Design-Photography”, 1999, Goethe Institute, p. 60.