[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Physical](https://indike.org/pramana/inp) › [Artefacts](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact) › [Victoria and Albert Museum, London](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam) › Armchair # Armchair This chair, its pair and the accompanying table are of solid ivory. They were made in Murshidabad, the nawabi capital of Bengal and a famous centre of ivory-carving. Furniture makers there made small quantities of western-style pieces, possibly only as commissions. - **Kind:** artefact - **Date:** 1780–1789 CE --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.1075-1882](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.1075-1882) · Pramāṇa