Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

5oi. "Polonaise" Carpet

Kashan, circa 1620

Silk with metallic thread

Length: 9 ft. 1 in. (277 cm); Width: 5 ft. 7 in.

(170 cm)

Accession number 68 .DC.6

PROVENANCE

Baron Adolphe de Rothschild, Paris (sold,

Palais Galliera, Paris, March 18,1968, lot 104);

purchased at that sale by J. Paul Getty.

Southeast Asian Furniture

502. Set of Twelve Chairs (five armchairs
     and seven side chairs)
     (?) Dutch colonial from Indonesia or Sri
     Lanka (Ceylon), circa 1680-1720
     Ebony and ebonized wood, some details
     inlaid with ivory
     Armchairs: Height: 3 ft. 6 in. (106.7 cm);
     Width (at front): 2 ft. (61 cm); Width
     (at back): 1 ft. 8 in. (50.8 cm); Depth:
     ι ft. j^7 /i6 in. (49.4 cm); Side Chairs: Height:
     3 ft. 4 in. (101.6 cm); Width: 1 ft. 9% in.
     (55.2 cm); Depth: 1 ft. 6 n/i6 in. (47.5 cm)
     Accession number 92 .DA.24.1—.12
     PROVENANCE
     (?) Thomas Thynne, ist Viscount
     Weymouth, Longleat Castle, Wiltshire,
     circa 1700; Marquess of Bath, Longleat
     Castle, Wiltshire, circa 1700; (sold,
     Christies, London, November 17,1988, lot
     75); [Rainer Zietz, Ltd., London].
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     "Acquisitions /1992" GettyMusJxi (1993),
     in press, illus.

One of five 502

288 SOUTHEAST ASIAN FURNITURE

One of seven 5°^2

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