Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Cupboard

Subject

Furniture

Description

Cupboard with two doors and two drawers, with cornice and pediment, mounted on flat scroll cross stretchers and turned feet

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1700-1724

Relation

Full size from right
Whole

Identifier

nmp16.1.316

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

1st quarter 18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

129 x 100 x 44 cm. (50 4/5 x 39 2/5 x 17 3/10 in.)

Materials

Nedun, or calamander and satinwood

Techniques

Carved, joined and turned

Features

Scroll cross stretchers

Citation

"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1114, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/1114 (accessed May 2, 2026).

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