Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Sofa

Subject

Furniture

Description

Sofa in 'Grecian' style with cane seat and backrest, over-scrolled armrests, reeded frame with low relief scallop shell roundels, on gadrooned legs.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1825-1849

Relation

Full size, back
Whole

Identifier

nmc32.31.457

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

2nd quarter 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

115 x 266 x 82 cm. (45 3/10 x 104 7/10 x 32 3/10 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Shell and groove design

Notes

Thomas Sheraton's 'Cabinet Dictionary' (1803) illustrates as plate 73 a design for a 'Grecian Sofa' on which the form of this sofa is modelled

Local name

Citation

"Sofa," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #286, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/286 (accessed May 12, 2024).

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