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