Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, in the Arts and Crafts style, the rectangular back with 'stick' splats, the framed seat of close woven cane, on square, tapering legs, joined by H-shaped stretcher.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1910-1929

Relation

Detail of seat
Detail, nmcX00_1

Identifier

nmcX00

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

ca. 1920

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

102 x 43 x 44 cm. (40 1/5 x 16 9/10 x 17 3/10 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Joined

Features

Framed cane seat

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #386, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/386 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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