Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Table

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side table with round top, lacquer work with central design of Sinhala interlocking swans (hansa putu), turned pedestal, mounted on a round flat base

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1800-1999

Relation

Full size, from side
Whole

Identifier

nmc89.29.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th-20th century (?)

Place of Creation

Kandyan

Measurements (H: W: L:)

45 x 49 cm. (17 7/10 x 18 1/10 in. )

Materials

Lacquer on hardwood

Techniques

Carved, turned and joined

Features

Round top

Local name

Teapoy

Citation

"Table," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #370, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/370 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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