Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Letter rack

Subject

Furniture

Description

Letter rack shaped like a fan, with partitions, ivory inlay plugs, and backed with a board

Source

Adisham Monastery, Haputale, Sri Lanka

Date

19th century

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

ad.03

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Place of Creation

Southwestern Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

48.3 x 21.6 x 25.4 cm. (19 x 8 1/2 10 in.)

Materials

Nadun and ivory

Techniques

Carved and joined, inlay

Features

Fan shape

Notes

Home (until 1961), and collection of Sir Thomas Lister Villiers, b.1869 - d.1959, who in 1906 became the chairman of George Stuart and Co. Colombo

Citation

"Letter rack," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10924, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/10924 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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