Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Source

Lunuganga Trust, Lunuganga

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Detail, of chair back
Detail of carving

Identifier

gbl.71

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

81.9 x 48.9 x 39.4 cm.(32 1/4 x 19 1/4 x 15 1/2 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Side chair with reeded overscrolled uprights and gadrooned, tablet shaped backrail, cane seat and turned, reeded legs.

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #741, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/741 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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