Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Writing table

Subject

Furniture

Description

Writing table, the rectangular top above two frieze drawers, each with carved, facetted panels, raised on pierced and shaped trestles joined by a turned pole stretcher.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1880-1899

Relation

Detail, of drawer and leg
Detail, hcb_b19_1

Identifier

hcb.b19

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th century

Place of Creation

SW or Central Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

73.7 x 94 x 54 cm.(29 x 37 x 21 1/4 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Trestle support

Citation

"Writing table," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #806, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/806 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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