Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Day bed

Subject

Furniture

Description

Day bed, the reeded frame with overscrolled end and shell carved patera, cane seat and back rest, on gadrooned and turned inverted baluster legs.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

gbl.38

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

88.9 x 212.1 x 75.6 cm.(35 x 83 1/2 x 29 3/4 in.)

Materials

Calamander

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Shell paterae

Citation

"Day bed," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #627, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/627 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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