For the colonial period: A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon. London 2001.
I found the reference in a beautiful book written on the occasion of an exhibition in the Gemeentemuseum in The Hague: Wonen op de Kaap en in Batavia 1602-1795. Zwolle: Waanders Uitgevers, Den Haag: Gemeentemuseum (no year). The book contains contributions from various authors. In the bibliography many publications dealing with individual pieces of "oriental" (Dutch Indies, Malay, etc.) furniture, but also what seem to be more general studies, like the one by Jaffer mentioned above, A. Christie, "Der Mittlere Osten, Indien und Sudostasien", in: H. Haywoord (ed.), Mobel: eine Stilgeschichte durch vier Jahrtausende. Wiesbaden 1965: 312-15 (apparently a very short article) and J Veenendaal, Furniture from Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India during the Dutch Period. Delft 1985.
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See also:

La vie publique et privée dans l'Inde ancienne : (IIe siècle av. J.-C. - VIIIe siècle environ). Fascicule II, Le mobilier
Auteur : Isabelle Gobert; Jeannine Auboyer; Muriel Thiriet
Éditeur : Paris : Presses universitaires de France, 1976.
Collection : Publications du Musée Guimet., Recherches et documents d'art et d'archéologie, Tome 6.

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2016-03-01 2:57 GMT+01:00 Walser, Joseph <Joseph.Walser@tufts.edu>:
>
> I am not sure if this is what you are after, but Jeannine Auboyer wrote a few things on thrones and chairs in ancient India. E.g.
> Le trône et son symbolisme dans l'Inde ancienne
> by Jeannine AuboyerParis : Presses universitaires de France, 1949.
>
> Joseph Walser
>
> Associate Professor
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> Department of Religion
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> Tufts University
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> From: INDOLOGY [indology-bounces@list.indology.info] on behalf of Harry Spier [hspier.muktabodha@gmail.com]
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> Dear list members,
>
> I'm looking for illustrations and plans of Indian Furniture.  Are there any books on Indian Furniture (either of a particular place and time) or a historical overview.
>
> Thanks,
> Harry Spier
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