A sled chair teak and sissoo upper part of the carved backrest "Flower supported by two putti adorned with leaves and with mermaid tails, plant scrolls and lions", sculpted ends of the arms "Head and paws of a lion", carved ends of the uprights, scalloped and carved skirt and stretcher "Facing lions" and "plant scrolls" Indo-Portuguese 16th/17th C. minor faults and defects, seat and backrest with non-original straw replacing the banana fiber rope. Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 105 x 57,5 x 64,5 cm Notes: similar copy is represented in PINTO, Maria Helena Mendes - "Sentando-se em Goa". In Oceanos, nº 19/20, "Indo-portuguesmente", pp. 43-58. Lisboa: Comissão Nacional para as Comemorações dos Descobrimentos Portugueses, 1994, pp. 46-47, figs. 3 e 4; and the catalogue of the exhibition “A Madeira nas Rotas do Oriente”. Funchal: Câmara Municipal do Funchal, 2005, pp. 30-31.