Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Dressing chest

Subject

Furniture

Description

Dressing chest with an adjustable rectangular mirror, above four small drawers and three long drawers on bracket feet.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1900-1949

Relation

Detail, of carving
Detail, hcb_b23_1

Identifier

hcb.b23

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

1st half 20th century

Place of Creation

SW or Central Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

212.9 x 60.3 x 77.5 cm.(48 x 23 3/4 x 30 1/2 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Mirror

Citation

"Dressing chest," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #821, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/821 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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