Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Cupboard

Subject

Furniture

Description

Cupboard, the two doors with applied fielded panels, the base with two drawers inlaid with floral and scroll motifs, raised on massive turned and facetted legs.

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from left
Whole

Identifier

nmcX04

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

203 x 140 x 60 cm. (79 9/10 x 55 1/10 x 23 3/5 in.)

Materials

Jakwood and ebony

Techniques

Joined, inlaid, applied decoration

Features

Ball feet

Local name

Almirah

Citation

"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #390, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/390 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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