Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Étagère

Subject

Furniture

Description

Étagère or whatnot with three open shelves, carved top railing, with turned supports and legs

Source

Adisham Monastery, Haputale, Sri Lanka

Date

19th century

Relation

Full size, from side
Whole

Identifier

ad.14

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Place of Creation

Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

94 x 78.7 x 31.8 cm. (37 x 31 x 17 1/2 in.)

Materials

Jacwood

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Carving

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

"Étagère," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #10950, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/10950 (accessed May 2, 2024).

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