Colonial Sri Lankan

Old world carpentry. Precise intricate inlay work on the tabletop. The round top is supported by four carved legs on a carved square plinth with paw feet. British style barrister table.

Dutch Colonial solid jackfruit wood armoire with three removable shelves. Armoire breaks down flat for transport. There is a second one as well that is the same footprint but slightl...

A 20th century British Colonial solid ebony two-door display cabinet, from Sri Lanka.

A queen sized 4-poster bed, in Jak wood with an ebonized finish. The bed features hand carved details overall, oversize tassel-style feet, a headboard with shell center decoration. A...

Set of six Ceylonese dining chairs, peg construction, hand carved and hand caned. Solid and very comfortable.

Beautiful Dutch colonial mirror with a solid ebony frame and new glass. The frame shows the exquisite grain from the ebony wood. Slight cracking in the ends. Frame is slightly less t...

Dutch Colonial solid jackfruit wood armoire; jackfruit is a very dense tropical hardwood that is naturally rot and insect resistant. Armoire breaks down flat for transport. Single br...

A 19th century British Colonial Ebony chair with carved back and feet. Caned seat with scrolled arms.

A very good 19th century Colonial 2 part chest of drawers.
The chest is made from satin teak with camphorwood lined drawers. the center section pulls out to reveal a leather l...

This British Colonial center table uses exotic wood veneers to create a spectacular spiral, fanning clockwise with contrasting exotic specimen woods extending from a central rosette ...

Dutch Colonial, Ceylonese, chest on stand, Sri Lanka, circa 1890.

Hand-carved solid satinwood table with caned top, Sri Lanka, Colonial, circa 1900. Central pedestal with tripod base and hand caned top.

Sri Lanka, circa 1920 A pair of 20th century Sri Lankan sling back planters chairs in the British colonial style, the frames in solid teakwood with a shell motives carved to the bac...

Hand-Carved solid satinwood table with caned top, Sri Lanka, Colonial, circa 1890. Central pedestal with tripod base and hand caned top.

Fantastic near pair of 19th century British colonial Ceylonese specimen top tables. Made in British Ceylon during the 19th century, these tables are gorgeous. Ebonized bases with inl...

Provenance: Harrington Estate, Importers of Colonial Raj Furniture from Sri Lanka

Set of three Colonial Dutch antique boxes from the island of Ceylon now known as Sri Lanka, the two octagonal and one rectangular box of geometric patterned rosewood, satinwood and ...

British Colonial, Ceylonese, mahogany rolled arm caned steamers chair. Handwoven caning in good condition. Restoration to left arm shown in photo. Arm is intact and stabile. Voyag...

Striking mid-18th century Dutch Colonial chest, handcrafted in colonial Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) during the height of the Spice Trade.

A fine antique 19th century British Colonial handcrafted porcupine quill and ebony box, made in Matara, Ceylon the colonial name for Sri Lanka.

These are a pair of British Colonial Ceylonese satinwood and cane chairs. Made in the Late 19th in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), these chairs represent the fusion of British design influe...

Rare antique Ceylonese quill box or basket in indigenous hardwoods, quills, and bone dots throughout. Featuring an interior panel with painted bone inlays depicting an elephant and a...

Two rare Anglo Indian porcupine quill and mahogany match holders. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. Part of a group of seven quill items we recently acquired, the g...

Fine quality chest in rich satinwood outlined with ebony circa 1810. Double lock front with brass hardware. HEIGHT: 20 1/2" WIDTH: 64" DEPTH: 28"

An unusual Anglo-Indian porcupine quill, rosewood with bone inlay letter basket. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. Part of a group of seven quill items we recently ac...

Absolutely stunning 19th century Anglo-Indian (or more accurately, Anglo-Ceylonese) box. Made of rare and expensive Coromandel wood and inlaid on top with specimen exotic Asian wood...

A nice geometric pattern in the quills decorating this pen box. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. Part of a group of seven quill items we recently acquired, the gro...

A good size rectangular box of this type. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. Part of a group of seven quill items we recently acquired, the group includes 3 boxes a ba...

Original brass handle. Ceylon was the colonial name for Sri Lanka. This piece is one of a group of quill items we recently acquired, the group can be purchased for a discounted price.

Unusual form, will make a great key tray! Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka.  

A smart early C19th Ceylonese Ebony occasional table, the specimen inlaid hexagonal top centred by a swirl of exotic woods including Palm, Satinwood, Coromandel and Palisander. With ...

A good size rectangular box of this type. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka.

Unusual Anglo-Indian frame with porcupine quills set in rosewood with circular bone inlay. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka. Part of a group of seven quill items we...

Some expanding and contracting of the wood has caused some separation on the top which is visible on image 3. Colonial Sri Lanka, 19th century.

Charming Ceylonese rectangular porcupine quill box with ebonized casing and inlaid bone decoration. The sliding lid reveals a plain cedar wood interior. Delightful handwritten messa...

British Colonial chaise lounge from Sri Lanka, circa 1910 Solid carved ebony with caned back and newly upholstered seat in white linen, with a blue and white ticking stripe cushion.

This piece came out of a British officer's tea plantation house in Sri Lanka. Provenance: Harrington Estate: Importers of Colonial Raj Furniture.   

Nadoun wood is native to Sri Lanka and has natural striations running through it.

A rare British Colonial, Ceylonese, child's plantation or planters chair in solid satinwood, handmade pegged construction, hand canning and footrest extensions (40 inches when extend...

British colonial, Ceylonese, mahogany fluted column lamp, circa 1900 Solid mahogany column with marble base. Restoration Hardware linen shade. Measures: 19.5 wide x "high with shad...

British Colonial, Ceylonese, mahogany fluted column lamp, circa 1900 Solid mahogany columns with marble bases. Restoration hardware linen shades. Measures: 19.5 wide x 24.75" high ...

An illustrated account of Dutch Colonial furniture from Dutch Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia).

Originally from Hill Country Station for the British Officers, in Nwara Eliya, Sri Lanka. The little shelf, at the top, held the most current newspaper or magazine and the lower she...

19th century Ceylonese solid satinwood caned reading chair, 1890 A beautifully carved reading chair from Sri Lanka. This chair came out of a Portuguese House in Sri Lanka. Hand ca...

Exquisite Ceylonese ebony and inlay table from the British Colonial period, circa mid-19th century. The inlaid top features a multitude of various local hardwoods. The intricately ca...

A fine antique 19th-Century British Colonial hand crafted porcupine quill and ebony jewelry or sewing box with working lock and key, made in Matara, Ceylon the colonial name for Sri ...

A very unusual form, I've never seen one like this before. Made in colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka.  

Round porcupine quill box framed by rosewood with circular bone inlay. Made in Colonial Ceylon, present day Sri Lanka.  

Made in Ceylon which was the colonial name for Sri Lanka India. Circa 1920. Dimensions: 9in x 8in. x 4in.

Drawing from her experiences as a Sri Lankan navigating colonial spaces in Canada, her art challenges one-dimensional portrayals of women of color often centered around labor.

A classic raffles armchair design from the former British colony of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka. It is of solid ebony with an attractive variegated grain pattern. There is fluting on the l...

A French colonial dining table with rounded corners and a carved rope edge, sitting on cabriole legs and ending in ball and claw feet.

Dutch Colonial, from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). Deeply Patinated Jack Wood decorated with Brass Caps, overlay and straps, on a pair of strut feet.