Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Small settee

Subject

Furniture

Description

Small settee with high cane seat, turned arm supports, vertical and diaper patterned crested backrest, and spiral turned legs and X-frame stretchers.

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from right
Whole

Identifier

gbl.42

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

South Asian

Measurements (H: W: L:)

97.2 x 102.9 x 50.8 cm.(38 1/4 x 40 1/2 x 20 in.)

Materials

Nadun (?)

Techniques

Turned and joined

Features

Spiral turned legs

Citation

"Small settee," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #643, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/643 (accessed May 3, 2026).

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