Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Games table

Subject

Furniture

Description

Chess table, with checkerboard top, two drawers, mounted on a turned pedestal, supported on three upward scrolled legs.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1800-1900

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

gbc.10

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

57.5 x 56.5 x 70 cm.(22 1/2 x 22 x 27 1/2 in.)

Materials

Jakwood and ebony

Techniques

Joined, inlaid and turned

Features

Chessboard top

Notes

One of a pair.

Citation

"Games table," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #467, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/467 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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