Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Chest of drawers

Subject

Furniture

Description

Chest of drawers, four drawers with brass drop pulls, mounted on legs with trifid feet supported on balls

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Detail of drop pulls
Detail, nmp39_95_442_1

Identifier

nmp39.95.442

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

100 x 107 x 65 cm. (39 2/5 x 42 1/10 x 25 3/5 in.)

Materials

Nedun or kumbuk?

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Trifid feet

Citation

"Chest of drawers," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1190, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/1190 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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