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Place of Origin: Sri Lankan
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19th Century Ceylonese Padouk Wood Dresser
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A rare early 19th century Ceylonese Padouk wood dresser, having wonderful brass sunburst and leaf mounts. The cornice with s scrolling blind fretwork above three shelves each with pi...
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19th Century Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Padouk
Mid 20th Century Sri Lankan Solid Silver Repousse Box, Colombo c.1930
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Mid 20th Century Sri Lankan solid silver box, of rectangular form, beautifully engraved and chased with a repousse design and featuring elephants amongst foliage. The lid has an engr...
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1930s Other Vintage Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Silver
An Early 19th Century Oval Sinhalese Satinwood Table
Located in London, GB
A fine Sinhalese solid satinwood oval table, with scalloped edge and turned column, supported on a carved quadruped base.
Height 61.50cm
Width 61.00cm
Depth 35.00cm
Category
Early 19th Century Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Satinwood
Restoration Hardware Architectural Landmark Cocktail Plates, 4 pc in Box
By Restoration Hardware
Located in Atlanta, GA
Designed by a small, family-run workshop in South Africa named Mud Studio, those fabulous Restoration Hardware cocktail plates capture the magnificence of the world's major landmarks...
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2010s Modern Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Asian Gilded Porcelain Elephant Ornament Paperweight Sri Lanka
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Asian Gilded Porcelain Elephant Ornament Paperweight from Sri Lanka.
Charming Mlesna porcelain with gold and red on white.
This porcelain elephant wi...
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Late 20th Century Folk Art Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Antique Meditation Buddha, Sri Lanka, early 20th century.
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Meditation Buddha, Sri Lanka, early 20th century. The seated figure cast of brass with further worked details depicting the texture of the garment, hair curls and the signatu...
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1920s Other Vintage Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bronze
18th Century India Bronze Hanging Oil Lamp
Located in Bradenton, FL
18th Century Sri Lankan hanging bronze oil lamp with Makara head spout. Solid bronze. Can be hung or used as a stand-alone decorating piece. Great piece to use with any decor. Dimen...
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18th Century Grand Tour Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bronze
A Pair of Sri Lankan Teak and Cane Planters Chairs
Located in London, GB
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...
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Early 20th Century British Colonial Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Cane, Teak
Récamier Style Daybed with Silk Cushion, Out-Scrolling Back and Turned Legs
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Récamier style wooden daybed with silk fabric cushion, out-scrolling back and turned legs. This antique Récamier-style wooden daybed is a testament to timeless elegance an...
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Early 20th Century Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Silk, Upholstery, Wood
Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
Two Anglo-Indian Carved Ebony Easy Armchairs.
Each with tablet toprail elaborately carved with stylised flower-head and scrolling foliage around a central scallop shell. The channelled side rails running to swept arms with leaf carved terminals resting on flared tassel and cup supports decorated with lotus petals. The front and side seat rails are carved with foliate and flowers to the corners above turned front legs. The rear legs are of square section and slightly shorter so that the chair gently reclines. Caned backs and seats with leather squab cushions.
Galle District, Sri Lanka, Circa 1830/50.
Although furniture represented a small part of raw and manufactured exports from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), it was considered a centre of interest for furniture making in the nineteenth century and Ceylonese furniture...
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19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Cane, Ebony
Beautifully Styled Ceylonese Porcupine Quill, Lidded Dark Wood Conical Pot
By SILVA (Sri Lanka)
Located in Rothley, Leicestershire
Superb Ceylonese porcupine quill lidded pot in a most unusual conical shape
Fashioned in dark wood and decorated with quill pieces
All quills are present and in excellent order. Int...
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1950s British Colonial Vintage Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
19th Century Anglo Indian Ebony & Porcupine Quill Box
Located in Pearland, TX
A fine antique 19th century British Colonial porcupine quill and ebony box, made in Ceylon, the colonial name for Sri Lanka. This fine handcrafted box has a sliding lid and is decora...
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19th Century British Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bone, Ebony
Ralph Lauren Academy Platinum Dinnerware, Set of 4 Place Settings
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
A set of 4 (four) place settings in the academy platinum pattern by Ralph Lauren Home collection. Bone china. Signed. Imported, production period 1995-2002.
Features a platinum/si...
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1990s American Classical Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Sri Lankan Cast Bronze Seated Buddha, Kandyan Style, Early to Mid 19th Century
Located in Austin, TX
A large and heavy well cast bronze image of the Buddha seated in meditation, late or just post Kandyan period (1597 - 1815), early to mid 19th century, Sri Lanka.
The Buddha sits ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19C Anglo Ceylonese Sewing Box of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely stunning 19c Anglo Ceylonese sewing box of museum quality.
Made in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860, this is one of the finest sewing boxes of it’s kind that we have ever seen!
The box is made from coromandel wood (an exotic hardwood found in Ceylon) and has a serpentine edging all over the front, back and sides.
Very often the lids/tops of these boxes suffer cracks due to shrinkage but this one is near perfect with no crack in the lid/top. There is some evidence of natural shrinkage but that is around the edges of the lid/top.
It is when you open this box that it reveals it’s true beauty, quality and treasure !
The inside of the lid/top is heavily and beautifully decorated with inlaid bone in scrolling floral patterns which have then been hand painted with red and black ‘lac’ ink. The central medallion is a circle of inlaid specimen exotic hardwoods radiating towards a central bone and hand painted flower. The circle is edged in bone, wood and silver chevrons.
What makes this box Exceptionally rare is that it contains 3 lift out base sections. Normally, there would be a maximum of 2.
The first tray/section is clearly for the purposes ancillary to sewing with a pair of sections with bone spools for thread etc. There are 17 other lidded compartments with each one highly decorated using hand painted bone and specimen woods to replicate tortoiseshell.
The first tray lifts out to reveal a second removeable tray which is made up of a pair of open sections and 8 specimen wood lidded sections each with chevron banding.
The third tray is a smaller tray underneath with 14 lidded compartments each with hand painted bone and specimen wood inlaid lids again, replicating the look of tortoiseshell. Again they are banded with a chevron border.
This is a museum quality piece !
It is in fantastic condition for it’s age with the minor shrinkage to the edges of the lid/top, some finger pulls missing and some very minor cracks to the tray lids and bases but nothing that in any way detracts from the piece. No key.
Dimensions: Closed the box is 16.75 inches wide, 11.25 inches deep and 7.5 inches high
Fully open the box is 16.5 inches high, 16.75 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep
Anglo-Indian and ceylonese boxes: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-Indian boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Silver
Ralph Lauren Home Sophie Dinnerware Set ~ 12 Pieces
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
A 12 piece set of dinnerware by Ralph Lauren Home in the Sophia floral pattern, a Romantic pattern of gray/pale green scattered flowers on white, com...
Category
Early 2000s American Classical Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19C Anglo Ceylonese Lap Desk of Museum Quality
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting an absolutely fantastic 19C Anglo Ceylonese lap desk of museum quality.
We can safely say that this is one of the finest lap desks we hav...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
Ralph Lauren Home Sophia Dinnerware, 4 Place Settings
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
A set of four (4) dinnerware place settings in the Sophia pattern by Ralph Lauren Home. Signed, production period 2000-2002.
Features a delicate floral pattern in gray or green.
Includes 4 place...
Category
Early 2000s Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ralph Lauren Academy Platinum Dinnerware, Set of 8 Place Settings
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
A set of 8 (eight) place settings in the Academy Platinum pattern by Ralph Lauren Home collection. Bone china. Signed. Imported, production period 1995-2002.
Features a platinum/S...
Category
1990s Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Rare Mid 19th Century Carved Ebony Workbox
Located in London, by appointment only
A rare mid 19th century carved ebony workbox, profusely carved with foliage and floral details on all sides, the lid opening to an inlaid bone elephant fitted interior with a removab...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Ralph Lauren Spectator Black Serving Platter
By Ralph Lauren
Located in New York, NY
An oval serving platter in the Spectator Black pattern by Ralph Lauren Home collection. Bone china. Signed. Imported, production period 19...
Category
1990s Art Deco Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century British Ceylonese Handblown Etched ‘Glow Lamp’ Bell Jar Lantern
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century British Ceylonese handblown etched ‘Glow Lamp’ bell jar lantern. These lanterns were handblown in Sri Lanka for the British expats. They were re...
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Brass
Late 19th- Early 20th Century Ceylonese Bone Inlaid Specimen Table
Located in Charleston, SC
Late 19th- early 20th century Ceylonese ( British Colonial / Anglo Indian ) bone inlaid specimen table from British Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka).
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Anglo Indian Box Handcrafted with Porcupine Quills
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique Anglo-Indian quill box handcrafted and decorated with porcupine quills and bone dots.
Made in Ceylon which was the colonial name for Sri Lanka.
Category
Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Ceylonese East Indies Jackwood & Ebony 4 Door Press with 4 Drawers
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century Ceylonese / East Indies jackwood and ebony 4 door press or cabinet with 4 central drawers between the top and bottom. Hand carved and applied ebony pilasters to case and...
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19th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood
Sublime 19th Century Anglo-Indian Specimen Sample Wood Centre Occasional Table
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this absolutely glorious Anglo-Indian Specimen wood occasional centre table
A very fine and rare table, most likely Sri Lankan Galle district in...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sri Lankan Rice Paper Prayer Book Tied with Wooden Binding
Located in Chicago, IL
19th century or earlier, Sri Lankan rice paper prayer book tied with wooden binding.
Beautiful Objet d'Art with prayers written in beautiful Sinhalese script.
Can be separated and...
Category
19th Century Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood, Paper
19th Century Anglo-Indian Jackwood and Ebony Cabinet
Located in Charleston, SC
19th century Anglo-Indian jackwood and ebony cabinet. Dutch colonial era from Ceylon. Two part cabinet resting on ebonized base (3 parts).
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Wood
Anglo Indian Brass Box with Bone Inlay
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome and unusual brass strongbox with intricate patterned polished bone inlay on the top. The inside with a till, the lid of the till decorated with incised designs. This box c...
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Early 20th Century Anglo-Indian Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Brass
Ceylonese 'Sri Lankan' Ebony Writing Slope
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine early 19th century carved ebony writing slope, the exterior richly carved with foliate decoration, the interior profusely inlaid with bone dots forming floral geometric pat...
Category
Early 19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bone, Ebony, Sandalwood
Large Anglo-Ceylonese Ebony and Specimen Wood Centre Table, circa 1840
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
The four-foot-six circular tilt top with bone, pewter and specimen wood inlays of large swirling, radiating petals in 32 native Ceylonese timbers within feathered bands centred on a flowerhead roundel, the frieze with a stylised leaf-carved and gadrooned ebony edge, raised upon a solid ebony, lobed baluster with four S-scroll and leaf-carved legs, with the original disguised castors. Ceylonese (Sri Lankan), circa 1840.
Tables such as this are as identifiable with Ceylonese export furniture of the mid 19th century as specimen marble tops are with Italian Grand Tours and, in very many ways, they served a similar purpose-they were imposing pieces of furniture, clearly demonstrating the status of the owner whilst also suggesting an interest in travel and in the culture and craftsmanship of other countries. As a result, they were very desirable items.
The first documentary reference to a centre table of this sort is in an 1833 inventory of the contents of the Governor’s House in Colombo (preserved in the records of the Colonial Office in the National Archives at Kew). The inventory noted: ‘One Table with different woods of Ceylon, ebony feet’ . There are also various references in the diaries of English visitors to Ceylon. In ‘Ceylon and the Ceylonese (London, 1850), vol.II, pp.226-7) Sir Henry Charles wrote that craftsmen at Galle ‘manufactured those exquisite inlaid articles, which far surpass any specimen of Tunbridge ware that has yet been produced – ivory and various native coloured woods are inlaid upon ebony and as the designs are well defined, the effect produced is magnificent’ .
What is particularly fascinating about these tables is that they were regularly exhibited at the various international exhibitions of the 19th century and, from surviving accounts and catalogues, this particular style seems to have formed a centrepiece to the Ceylon Courts. Dr Robin Jones, in his article Furniture...
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19th Century Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Early 20th Century Colonial Sri Lankan Satinwood Garden Chair
Located in Southampton, NY
Hand-turned garden chair made of solid satinwood, Colonial, Sri Lanka, circa 1900. Hand-caned seat and back.
Came from a British Military family in Sri Lanka.
40.25" overall height ...
Category
Early 20th Century British Colonial Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Cane, Satinwood
Pair of 19th Century Sinhalese Calamander Wood Armchairs
Located in London, by appointment only
A very fine pair of solid calamander wood south Indian / Ceylonese armchairs, both crafted from highly figured rich Calamander Wood. With strongly carved ornament, pierced aprons, an...
Category
Mid-19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony
19th Century Dutch Ceylonese Specimen Table
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century Dutch Ceylonese specimen table, circa 1890. Handmade in the Dutch style with a Ceylonese twist on the base in Sri Lanka. Various woods include: Nadoun, satinwood, mahoga...
Category
Late 19th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Satinwood
19th Century Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Desk Companion Tray
Located in Dallas, TX
Another stunning 19th century Anglo-Ceylonese piece.
Made circa 1880 in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka) of Coromandel wood and specimen woods.
This is a simply gorgeous and quality item!! Tray made of various compartments with various high quality specimen wood lids, all edged and banded in chevrons of bone, silver or pewter and ebony.
The tray itself is made of expensive coromandel wood. There are two open sections on either side of the tray which have bone and hand-painted lac ends. The main tray sits onto a base made of coromandel wood with green baize lining.
This tray could have a number of practical uses, for keeping stationary, watches, jewelry, or thinking outside of the box, holding you remote controls and candy!!
We have a matching box also in our Inventory and for auction.
ANGLO-INDIAN AND CEYLONESE BOXES: Anglo Indian boxes were made in India for the English residents from the early part of the 18th century. They were brought back or sent back to England usually by the people who had commissioned them. From the beginning of the nineteenth century they were imported more commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades. They were very highly valued, especially the early ones, to the extent that the designs were copied on late 19th and early 20th century tins.
Anglo-indian Boxes normally consist of 3 main types:-
(1) Most of the best and highest quality Anglo-Indian boxes in the 18th and 19th Centuries were made in Vizagapatam, India, renowned for its exquisite craftsmanship in using ivory and tortoiseshell and lac decoration. These are referred to as ‘Vizagapatam Boxes...
Category
Late 19th Century British Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Wood
British Colonial Ebony Bureau Bookcase
Located in Greenwich, CT
Exceedingly rare early 18th century English colonial Macassar ebony diminutive bureau bookcase with hexagonal oyster veneered doors, lids and drawer fronts, the sides and secondary timbers all in solid streaky ebony having rich patination, The upper section with two arched mirror doors concealing two adjustable shelves, a row of pigeon holes and two drawers, over single candle slide, the lower section with stepped interior, further pigeon holes and sliding well, over two short and two long drawers and standing on bracket base. Southern India or Sri Lanka, circa 1720.
English colonial furniture...
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1710s William and Mary Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony
19th Century, Dutch Colonial Satinwood and Ebony Linen Press
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 19th century, Dutch Colonial satinwood and ebony linen press. Cabinet is composed of solid satinwood with solid king ebony trim and inlay.
Handmade in Sri Lanka, where both s...
Category
19th Century Dutch Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Satinwood
19th Century English Colonial Satinwood and Ebony Linen Press
Located in Southampton, NY
Early 19th century English Colonial satinwood and ebony linen press. Cabinet is composed of solid Satinwood with solid ebony trim and inlay.
Handmade in Sri Lanka, where both satinw...
Category
19th Century British Colonial Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Ebony, Satinwood
19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Trinket Box
Located in Dallas, TX
PRESENTING A BEAUTIFUL and RARE 19C Anglo Ceylonese Specimen Wood Trinket Box.
Made in ‘Galle’, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) circa 1860-80.
Made for the ex...
Category
19th Century Anglo-Indian Antique Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Bone, Hardwood, Ebony, Sandalwood
19th Century British Ceylonese Handblown Etched ‘Glow Lamp’ Bell Jar Lantern
Located in Southampton, NY
19th century British Ceylonese handblown etched ‘Glow Lamp’ bell jar lantern. These lanterns were handblown in Sri Lanka for the British expats. They were re...
Category
Early 20th Century British Colonial Sri Lankan Furniture
Materials
Brass
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