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Title
Furniture
Subject
Cupboard
Description
Cupboard, the upper part with two ebony inlaid doors, the lower section with applied ebony floral design, two drawers and carved apron, raised on massive baluster turned legs. RJ
Source
Private collection, A. Mohideen
Date
1800-1899
Relation
Full size, from right
Whole
Identifier
am.4
FDASL Item Type Metadata
Period
19th century
Place of Creation
SW Sri Lanka
Measurements (H: W: L:)
140.7 x 111.8 x 46.7 cm.(55 3/8 x 44 x 18 3/8 in.)
Materials
Jakwood and ebony
Techniques
Joined and inlaid
Features
Carved floral scrolls
Notes
Purchased in the 1980s at an auction in Colombo.
Local name
Almirah
Collection
Dublin Core XML
Citation
"Furniture," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #962, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/962 (accessed April 26, 2024).