Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Sofa

Subject

Furniture

Description

Sofa with cane seat and over-scrolled armrests, with cane backrest centered with carved scallop shell, reeded frame with shell roundels, on inverted, turned and gadrooned legs.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1825-1849

Relation

Detail of design
Detail, nmc86_348_1_1

Identifier

nmc86.348.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

2nd quarter 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

103 x 231 x 68 cm. (40 3/5 x 90 9/10 x 26 4/5 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Shell-carved and reeded frame

Notes

R.L.Brohier (1969) illustrates, as figure 17, a similar 19th century sofa

Citation

"Sofa," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #343, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/343 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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