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Title
Settee
Subject
Furniture
Description
Settee with back stretchers and spiral palings, with floral scroll design, armrests ending in lions heads, cane seat, and turned spiral supports with six legs
Source
National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo
Date
1680-1720
Relation
Detail of lion's head
Detail, nmc24_1_395_1
Identifier
nmc24.1.395
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
1680-1720
Place of Creation
SW Sri Lanka
Measurements (H: W: L:)
108 x 204 x 73 cm. (42 1/2 x 204 x 73 in.)
Materials
Nedun or Kaliatour (?)
Techniques
Carved, turned and joined
Features
Lion's head armrest
Local name
Collection
Dublin Core XML
Citation
"Settee," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #257, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/257 (accessed April 18, 2024).