Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, with straight back, low relief on curved top, central splat, cane seat, and cabriole front legs, and ball and claw feet.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

gbl.25

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

111 x 48.9 x 43.2 cm.(39 3/4 x 19 1/4 x 17 in.)

Materials

Calamander

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Low relief carving

Notes

One of a pair, very similar to gbl. 46

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #585, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/585 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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