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Title
Arm chair
Subject
Furniture
Description
Round chair with six legs, back is set with three ovals and circular seat in cane, turned legs and uprights supported by three intersecting stretchers
Source
National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo
Date
1700-1749
Relation
Full size, back
Whole
Identifier
nmc33.13.465
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
1st half 18th century
Place of Creation
SW Sri Lanka
Measurements (H: W: L:)
79 x 56 cm. (31 1/10 x 22 in. )
Materials
Tropical hardwood
Techniques
Carved and joined
Features
Six legs
Notes
This form was produced throughout the 19th century and an identical version is illustrated in the catalogue of H. Don Carolis, cabinet makers, Colombo (1908), See also Jaffer (2001), pp. Similar round chair, Brohier, R.L., 1969, pl. lX, fig. 4. (in Pettah)
Local name
Round chair or burgomaster
Collection
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Citation
"Arm chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #294, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/294 (accessed May 18, 2024).
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