A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios and terminates in a handle

and terminates in a handle decorated with carved flowers

One would more commonly see Anglo-Indian chairs having pierced higher splat backs and upholstered seats rather than solid carved ones as per this example

London SE9

on a plinth base above later carved supports

A Large & Highly Varied Algology Album of Assorted Dried Victorian Seaweeds & Algae Specimens, Compiled Between 1849-1862 sub-Curios and terminates in a handleOrigin: English Period: Mid Nineteenth Century Provenance: Possibly Collected by Anne Lucas Hakewill b. 1805 Date: The Specimens Collected from 1849 1862 Width: 9 inches Height: 12 inches Enclosing one hundred and one individual specimens of seaweed and algae from the British Isles, collected in the middle of the nineteenth century, and bound within a marbled moir and calf leather covered album. The album is accompanied by an extract from Country Life