Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, with leaf-carved toprail and cross bar, cane seat, and leaf-carved and turned front legs.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1825-1874

Relation

Detail, of chair back
Detail, gbl_34_1

Identifier

gbl.34

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Mid 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

83.8 x 41.7 x 40.3 cm.(33 x 17 3/4 x 15 7/8 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

High relief carving

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #617, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/617 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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