Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Footstool

Subject

Furniture

Description

Footstool with caned seat, with turned railing on the sides

Source

Adisham Monastery, Haputale, Sri Lanka

Date

19th/20th century

Relation

Full size, from right
Whole

Identifier

ad.10

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Place of Creation

Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

46.4 x 27.9 x 26.7 cm. (18 1/4 x 11 x 10 1/2 in.)

Materials

Tropical hardwood

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Cane seat

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

"Footstool," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10941, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/10941 (accessed May 2, 2024).

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