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Title
Cupboard
Subject
Furniture
Description
Cupboard in two parts, with two glass doors, four drawers, and four wooden doors at the bottom, with ebony borders and applied decoration, on eight scrolled legs
Source
National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo
Date
1850-1899
Relation
Detail, of leg
Detail, nmc1988_43_1_1
Identifier
nmc1988.43.1
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
2nd half 19th century
Place of Creation
SW Sri Lanka
Measurements (H: W: L:)
236 x 150 x 63 cm. (92 9/10 x 59 1/10 x 24 4/5 in.)
Materials
Figured satinwood, and ebony
Techniques
Joined and inlaid
Features
Carved and scrolled feet
Local name
Almirah
Collection
Dublin Core XML
Citation
"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #253, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/253 (accessed March 28, 2024).