Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Writing table

Subject

Furniture

Description

Writing desk with two drawers, surmounted by a low shelf with two small drawers, brass pulls, pierced corner insets, supported on turned legs.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1895-1904

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

hcb.b1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

ca. 1900

Place of Creation

SW or Central Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

108 x 91.4 x 53.3 cm.(42 1/2 x 36 x 21 in.)

Materials

Nedun (?)

Techniques

Joined

Features

Pierced corner designs

Citation

"Writing table," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #774, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/774 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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