India Furniture and Its Shapely Legs

Previously I posted furniture legs from our Chicago home’s living room, many with Thai or Chinese origins. We also have an empty apartment in India to furnish some day, during future trips there. Meanwhile you can see a few items we found already in Cochin. For more inspiration, here are some furniture legs from India …

Found at 1stdibs, these show you the variety and diversity of styles of furniture available in India, from the northern regions to the south:

All pieces are from dealers on 1stdibs:

1. Anglo-Indian Ivory Inlay Teak Wood Foot Stool or Low Table, Late 19th Century
2. 19th Century Indian Carved Bed
3. Antique Anglo-Indian Marble Table on Carved Teak Base
4. Antique Mughal Style Solid Ebony Octagonal Folding Teapoy or End Table
5. Painted Anglo-Indian Chest on Stand, Circa 1840-60 with Chinoiserie Scenes
6. Indian Stool with “Thousand Flowers” Decoration made in Srinagar, Kashmir Circa 1870 (I love this one!)
7. Anglo-Indian Solid Rosewood Daybed with Turned Legs
8. Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Mahogany Daybed with Newly Upholstered Seat
9. Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Solid Ebony Four Poster Single Bed
10. Anglo-Indian Round Ebony Table with Bone Inlay from Ceylon, Late 19th century, Inlaid with Elephant
11. 20th Century India Side Table inlaid With Mother of Pearl
12. Antique Anglo Indian Elephant Gueridon, Black Laquered
13. Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Teak Desk with Bobbin Turned Legs
14. Pair of Low Handcarved Rajasthani Chairs, 1920′s
15. Late 19th Century South Indian Daybed or Coffee Table with Painted Legs
16. South Indian Painted Daybed
17. Glass Top Coffee Table Base from India, 18th Century (made in Bicaneer, the  legs were originally part of a charpoy, or Indian rope top bed, and were adapted into a coffee table base)
18. Late 19th Century Indo-Dutch Colonial Partners Desk or Table with Ebony Trim and a New Black Leather Top (beautiful!)
19. Anglo Indian Inlaid Bone 4 Part Dining Table Circa 1850, 2 Demi Lunes and 2 Rectangular Tables
20. Early 20th Century India Inlaid Chaise Lounge, Made of Teakwood Inlaid with Bone and Upholstered with Raw Silk
21. Pair of Anglo-Indian Hardwood Armchairs, Early 20th Century
22. Late 19th Century Anglo-Indian Satinwood Caned Armchairs from India or Sri Lanka
23. South Indian Caned Satinwood Planter’s Chair, Circa 1830-50

In a future post, we’ll look at how pieces like these can be used in rooms with mixed histories, not just in India.