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Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka
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Title
Furniture
Subject
Cupboard
Description
Cupboard with ebony and ivory inlaid cavetto cornice, (later) glass fronted doors, the lower part with shaped and carved apron on baluster turned legs. RJ
Source
Private collection, A. Mohideen
Date
1800-1899
Relation
Full size, from right
Whole
Identifier
am.16
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
19th century
Place of Creation
SW Sri Lanka
Measurements (H: W: L:)
162.6 x 117.5 x 48.9 cm.(64 x 46 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)
Materials
Nedun and ebony
Techniques
Joined and inlaid
Features
Ivory insets
Notes
Purchased in the early 1980s at an auction in Colombo.
Collection
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Citation
"Furniture," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #919, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/919 (accessed May 2, 2024).