Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Furniture

Subject

Cupboard

Description

Cupboard with ebony and ivory inlaid cavetto cornice, (later) glass fronted doors, the lower part with shaped and carved apron on baluster turned legs. RJ

Source

Private collection, A. Mohideen

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from right
Whole

Identifier

am.16

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

162.6 x 117.5 x 48.9 cm.(64 x 46 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)

Materials

Nedun and ebony

Techniques

Joined and inlaid

Features

Ivory insets

Notes

Purchased in the early 1980s at an auction in Colombo.

Citation

"Furniture," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #919, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/919 (accessed April 28, 2024).

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