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Title
Cupboard
Subject
Furniture
Description
Dutch style cupboard, with large paneled doors, corniced top, and supported on large ball shaped legs
Source
Adisham Monastery, Haputale, Sri Lanka
Date
18th century
Relation
Full size, from left
Whole
Identifier
ad.26
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Place of Creation
Sri Lanka(?)
Measurements (H: W: L:)
222.3 x 76.2 x 59.7 cm. (87 1/2 x 30 x 23 1/2 in.)
Materials
Nadun, jakwood and ebony
Techniques
Carved and joined
Features
Ebony
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
Collection
Citation
"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10982, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/10982 (accessed March 29, 2024).