Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Bureau-bookcase

Subject

Furniture

Description

Bureau bookcase with two doors, sloping hinged desk with three drawers, brass pulls and escutcheon, support on turned feet.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1800-1900

Relation

Detail, of base
Detail, gbc_1_1

Identifier

gbc.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

140 x 84 x 43 cm.(55 x 33 x 17 in.)

Materials

Jakwood and ebony

Techniques

Joined, turned, and carved

Features

Bonnet top

Citation

"Bureau-bookcase," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #466, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/466 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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