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# Chair

These chairs are an interesting example of how knowledge advances. They came to the V&A in 1879. At that time curators thought they were mahogany chairs made in England in about 1740 to 1760. This was because their shape closely resembled English corner chairs of that period.

- **Kind:** artefact
- **Date:** 1760–1770 CE

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.312a-1879](https://indike.org/pramana/inp.artefact.vam.312a-1879) · Pramāṇa
