Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Bed

Subject

Furniture

Description

Small bed with carved floral designs and crested parrot with wings spread (possibly Garuda bird), on cane base mounted on claw feet

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1700-1799

Relation

Full size
Whole

Identifier

nmp08.86.232

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

18th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

41 x 140 x 73 cm. (16 1/10 x 55 1/10 x 28 7/10 in.)

Materials

Calamander

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Crested bird motif

Notes

Brohier, R.L., 1969, pl. 1, fig.2.

Citation

"Bed," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1087, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/1087 (accessed May 2, 2024).

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