Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Armchair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Bishop's style armchair, with curule legs, with carved floral design on crest, frame, arms, and legs, with a close woven cane back and seat

Source

Adisham Monastery, Haputale, Sri Lanka

Date

19th/20th century

Relation

Full size, from front
Whole

Identifier

ad.09

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Place of Creation

Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

130.8 x 68.6 cm. (51 1/2 x 27 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Floral bud and vine design

Notes

Home (until 1961), and collection of Sir Thomas Lister Villiers, b.1869 - d.1959, who in 1906 became the chairman of George Stuart and Co. Colombo

Citation

"Armchair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10937, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/10937 (accessed May 1, 2024).

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