Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Easy Chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Easy chair, the richly carved toprail centred by a shell motif, with moulded frame, canework back and seat, with scrolled and floral carved armrests, and lotus carved turned front legs. RJ

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1800-1849

Relation

Full size
Part of a pair

Identifier

nmp89.41.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

1st half 19th century

Place of Creation

Galle District

Measurements (H: W: L:)

103 x 62 x 76 cm. (40.3/5 x 24 2/5 x 29 9/10 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Shell and scroll carving

Notes

For a similar ebony easy chair in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA, see Jaffer (2001) p. 378

Citation

"Easy Chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1210, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/1210 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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