Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

Dublin Core

Title

Bed

Subject

Furniture

Description

Cradle or palanquin with cane base and posts that connect to form a triangle, with spindle railing, and front and back turned supports, on ball feet

Source

National Museum of Sri Lanka, Colombo

Date

1600-1699

Relation

Detail of side
Detail, nmc29_64_424_1

Identifier

nmc29.64.424

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

17th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

110 x 130 x 69 cm. (43 3/10 x 51 1/5 x 27 1/5 in.)

Materials

Nedun

Techniques

Carved, turned and joined

Features

Spindle railing

Citation

"Bed," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #277, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/277 (accessed May 5, 2024).

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