Furniture and Decorative Arts of Sri Lanka

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Title

Furniture

Subject

Cupboard

Description

Large cupboard, with cavetto cornice above two ebony inlaid doors, the lower part with two drawers and applied ebony leaf carved decoration, raised on massive turned and facetted legs. RJ

Source

Private collection, A. Mohideen

Date

1800-1899

Relation

Full size, from left
Whole

Identifier

am.6

FDASL Item Type Metadata

Period

19th century

Place of Creation

SW Sri Lanka

Measurements (H: W: L:)

214.6 x 149.2 x 61 cm.(84 1/2 x 58 3/4 x 24 in.)

Materials

Jakwood and ebony

Techniques

Joined and inlaid

Features

Massive legs

Notes

Purchased in early 1970s from a furniture dealer on the High Level Rd.

Local name

Almirah

Citation

"Furniture," online in Digital Library for International Research Archive, Item #967, http://dlir.org/archive/items/show/967 (accessed March 28, 2024).

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