Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Bookcase

Subject

Furniture

Description

Bookcase, of simple rectangular form, with cavetto cornice above five shelves, each with retractable sliding glass doors.

Source

Bogawantalawa Tea Estates Ltd.

Date

1895-1904

Relation

Detail, from top left
Detail, hcb_b9_1

Identifier

hcb.b9

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

ca. 1900

Place of Creation

SW or Central Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

229.9 x 123.8 x 40.6 cm.(90 1/2 x 48 3/4 x 16 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Joined

Features

Glass

Notes

A South Asian copy of a Globe-Wernicke bookcase.

Citation

"Bookcase," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #844, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/844 (accessed May 5, 2026).

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