Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Chest of Drawers

Subject

Furniture

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Detail, of foot
Detail, gbc_16_1

Identifier

gbc.16

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

118 x 60 x 71.1 cm.(4 1/2 x 23 5/8 x 28 in.)

Materials

Calamander

Techniques

Joined and carved

Features

Chest of drawers, with three serpentine fronted drawers with brass knobs, mounted on legs that scroll outwards.

Citation

"Chest of Drawers," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #483, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/483 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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