Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Armchair

Subject

Furniture

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Colombo

Date

1900-1999

Relation

Full size, from back
Whole

Identifier

gbc.3

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

20th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

88 x 50.5 x 47 cm.(34 1/2 x 20 x 18 1/2 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Joined

Features

Armchair, in Hepplewhite style, with rectangular back with stick splats and moulded downturned armrests, cane seat on square tapering legs joined by H-shaped stretcher.

Notes

Most probably designed by Bawa office for hotel commission and based on an 18th century Hepplewhite-style armchair illustrated in R.L. Brohier, 'Furniture of the Dutch Period in Ceylon', plate X, fig.3.

Citation

"Armchair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #524, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/524 (accessed May 2, 2026).

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