Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, fiddle back with single splat, cane seat, cabriole front legs ending in ball and claw feet, supported by stretchers.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Detail, of chair back
Detail, gbl_28_1

Identifier

gbl.28

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

100.3 x 48.9 x 40.6 cm.(39 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 16 in.)

Materials

Nadun

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Cabriole legs

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #595, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/595 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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