Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, with straight arcaded back set with four turned rails, cane seat, turned legs and stretchers.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1880-1899

Relation

Full size, from right
Whole

Identifier

hcb.b2

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th century

Place of Creation

SW or Central Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

94 x 44.5 x 39.4 cm.(37 x 17 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Turned and joined

Features

Arcaded back

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #807, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/807 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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