Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Cupboard

Subject

Furniture

Description

Cupboard in two parts, with four doors and six drawers, ceramic handles, low-relief carved and pierced scroll and openwork decoration, raised on bulbous turned feet.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from right
Whole

Identifier

nmc89.08.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

209 x 121 x 47 cm. (82 3/5 x 47 3/5 x 18 1/2 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Ceramic handles

Local name

Almirah

Citation

"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #366, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/366 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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