Stool, Manik Bagh Palace, c. 1930
Made of black lacquered pearwood veneer with a visible apron on a square-section corner base. Rectangular seat identically re-upholstered.
At least three copies of this model were produced in natural wood or black lacquer, as shown in period photographs.
41 x 45 x 36 cm
Bibliography:
Reto Niggl, Eckart Muthesius, The Maharaja Palace in Indore, 1930, Ed. Arnoldsche, Stuttgart, 1996, pp.58, 65, 75, 99.
Reto Niggl, “Eckart Muthesius, India 1930-1939, Architecture- Design-Photography”, 1999, Goethe Institute, pp.68 and 71.