Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Table

Subject

Furniture

Description

Low table or stool, with flat rectangular top, and four legs with Kandyan architectural design elements

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Kandy

Date

1600-1699

Relation

Full size, from side
Whole

Identifier

nmk36.73.204

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

17th century

Place of Creation

Kandy

Measurements (H: W: L:)

50.8 x 35.6 x 152.4 cm. (20 x 14 x 60 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Hand carved

Features

Kandyan architectural design elements

Notes

Similar table, Coomaraswamy, A.K., 1908, Pl. lX., 4

Local name

Banku

Citation

"Table," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #448, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/448 (accessed May 1, 2026).

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