Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Open armchair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Open armchair, with curved top rail of pierced and carved scroll design set with five short turned rails, rectangular cane back, cane seat, and turned front legs.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1880-1899

Relation

Detail, of back
Detail, hcb_b25_1

Identifier

hcb.b25

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

101 x 52.7 x 45.7 cm.(39 3/4 x 20 3/4 x 18 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Carved scroll design

Citation

"Open armchair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #827, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/827 (accessed May 4, 2026).

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