Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Dressing chest

Subject

Furniture

Description

Dressing chest with a framed adjustable rectangular mirror, six drawers with brass handles, on short square tapering legs.

Source

Sheen, Sheen Tea Estates, Punduluoya

Date

1880-1919

Relation

Detail, of right side
Detail, hcb_s9_1

Identifier

hcb.s9

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th-early 20th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

138.4 x 106.7 x 55.9 cm.(54 1/2 x 42 x 22 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Joined

Notes

One of two

Citation

"Dressing chest," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #901, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/901 (accessed May 4, 2024).

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