Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Cupboard

Subject

Furniture

Description

Small jackwood and ebony cupboard, the cavetto cornice above two doors, the base with three drawers and turned gadrooned legs, the whole inliad with ivory lozenge motifs.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1800-1900

Relation

Detail, of base
Detail, gbc_24_1

Identifier

gbc.24

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

123 x 122 x 63 cm.(48 1/2 x 48 x 24 3/4 in.)

Materials

Jakwood and ebony

Techniques

Joined and inlaid

Features

Ivory inlay

Citation

"Cupboard," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #509, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/509 (accessed May 2, 2026).

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