Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Easy chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

A pair of ebony Easy chairs, each with curved continuous cane back and seat, foliage low relief design, over-scrolled armrests, and animal monopodia front legs ending in paw feet.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1825-1849

Relation

Full size, back
Whole

Identifier

nmcX01ab

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

2nd quarter 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

93 x 120 x 60 cm. (36 3/5 x 47 1/5 x 23 3/5 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Over-scrolled armrest

Citation

"Easy chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #389, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/389 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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