LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Stained American walnut-veneered wood, stained American walnut, sycamore, nickel silver drawer handles, white metal inlays

Measurements:

37.17 in. (94.40 cm.) (height) by 78.82 in. (200.20 cm.) (width) by 19.80 in. (50.30 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

Bow of key modeled with the Maharaja's monogram 'YH'

Literature:

Indisches Märchenschloß 1933, Eine Berliner Architekt baut den Palast des Maharadschas von Indore," Berliner Illustrierte Zeitung, November 1933, illustrated, n.p. Agnolodomenico Pica, "Eckart Muthesius in India, The avant-garde meets history," Domus, April 1979, illustrated pp. 6-7 Patricia Bayer, Art Deco Interiors: Decoration and Design Classics of the 1920s and 1930s, London, 1990, illustrated pp. 138-39 Reto Niggl, Eckart Muthesius 1930: The Maharaja's Palace in Indore, Architecture and Interior, Stuttgart, 1996, illustrated pp. 82-83 Amin Jaffer, Made for Maharajas: A Design Diary of Princely India, London, 2006, illustrated p. 267

Provenance:

Maharaja Yeshwant Rao Holkar II of Indore Private collection, acquired from the above, 1980s Thence by descent to the present owner