Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, straight back with framed cane ovals and spiral uprights, cane seat and spiral legs and stretchers.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1800-1849

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

gbl.39

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

1st half 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

103.5 x 54 x 45.1 cm.(40 3/4 x 21 1/4 x 17 3/4 in.)

Materials

Kumbuk (?)

Techniques

Carved, turned and joined

Features

Spiral turned legs

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #630, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/630 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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