Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Campaign secretaire

Subject

Furniture

Description

Campaign secretaire, with two short and two long drawers and fall front writing slope, the interior with an arrangement of pigeon holes, the drawers with recessed brass handles.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1800-1900

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

gbc.12

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

South East Asia or Europe

Measurements (H: W: L:)

122 x 54.5 x 125 cm.(48 x 21 1/2 x 49 1/2 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood/teak

Techniques

Joined

Features

Recessed brass handles

Notes

Related items can be seen in Nicholas Brawer's 'British Campaign Furniture' (2001), for example fig. 1.

Citation

"Campaign secretaire," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #470, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/470 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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