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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
Detail of top
Detail, ad09_1
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
Collection
Dublin Core XML
Citation
"Armchair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10938, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/10938 (accessed May 2, 2024).