Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Cabinet

Subject

Furniture

Description

Adam and Eve cabinet, small, intricately carved, ebony exterior with ivory panel interior, two doors, drawers, turned knob feet, wit floral scroll work, with silver attachments

Source

Private collection, Europe

Relation

Detail of interior drawers
Detail, e01a_1

Identifier

euro01a.1(076)

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

c.1720

Place of Creation

Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

26 x 40 x 25 cm. (10 1/5 x 15 7/10 x 9 4/5 in.)

Materials

Ebony, ivory and silver

Techniques

Carved, joined, and turned

Features

Adam and Eve figures

Citation

"Cabinet," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10994, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/10994 (accessed November 28, 2023).

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