Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Furniture

Subject

Kneehole desk

Description

Kneehole desk, the (later) faux leather top above two banks of drawers flanking the keehole recess, with locking strip, on plinth base. RJ

Source

Private collection, A. Mohideen

Date

1880-1899

Relation

Full size, from left
Whole

Identifier

am.19

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

Late 19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

76.2 x 136.5 x 73 cm.(30 x 53 3/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Joined

Notes

Belonged to the Ghouse Mohideen family, ca. 1860.

Citation

"Furniture," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #929, http://www.dlir.org/archive/items/show/929 (accessed March 29, 2024).

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