The Antiquities of Orissa v1.c10.261.2

v1.c10.261.2

Its seat is of about the same height as that of an ordinary chair, so that one can sit on it while resting his feet on the ground; its sides and the back are protected by rails, strengthened by a double line of ornamented cross bars. Its arm-rests, seat-frame and the bar on the top of the back are all neatly carved, and the last terminates on each side in an alligator head, an ornament which under the name of *makara-mukha* is of frequent occurrence in Indian sculpture and carved work. The legs of the chair are formed by doubling the leg of the *Takhtāpoṣ*, No. 29, with an intervening ribbed globe. There is nothing to show how the seat was formed, but from traces of cushions and pillows, I think it was boarded. No. 38, is as heavy and primitive as the last, but it has no arm-rest and its back is low. In its general character, No. 39 belongs to the same class with the preceding two; but there is more art and finish in its details. The legs are slender, well-turned, and on the whole as good as those of ordinary chairs of the present day. The ends of the top bar of the back projects far out, have the usual *makara* head terminals, and are supported by figures of rampant lions; the fore ends of the arm-rests bend out latterally, and have similar terminals and supports, and the railing is light and chaste. No. 40 belongs to a different class and resembles a modern chair much more closely than the preceding.