Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Sofa

Subject

Furniture

Description

Sofa with continuous cane seat, with reeded overscrolled armrests with shell paterae and reeded backrest, centred by a relief carved shell motif, raised on inverted, turned and gadrooned legs. RJ

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Detail of right side
nmp89_33_1_1

Identifier

nmp89.33.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

225 x 93 x 67 cm. (88 3/5 x 36 3/5 x 26 2/5 in.)

Materials

Jakwood

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Scallop shell motifs

Citation

"Sofa," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1206, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/1206 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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