Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Side chair

Subject

Furniture

Description

Side chair, in 17th century style, with tall, rectangular back, canework seat, turned stretchers, the whole frame with carved floral scroll design. RJ

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Pettah

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Detail of back
Detail, nmp89_43_1_1

Identifier

nmp89.43.1

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

127 x 59 x 46 cm. (50 x 23 1/5 x 18 1/10 in.)

Materials

Ebony

Techniques

Carved and joined

Features

Floral scroll carving

Notes

For an identical 19th century chair in the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, USA, see Jaffer (2001) p. 368

Citation

"Side chair," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #1217, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/1217 (accessed May 16, 2024).

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