Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1800-1999

Relation

Full size, from left
Whole

Identifier

gbc.15

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th/20th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

108 x 49.25 x 43 cm.(42 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 17 in.)

Materials

Tamarind wood

Techniques

Joined and carved

Features

Side chair with shaped uprights and splat, cane seat, with cabriole front legs ending in hoof feet, joined by shaped, X-frame stretchers.

Notes

One of a pair. Most probably a 20th century copy of an 18th century Dutch-style chair.

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #479, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/479 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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