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A COLONIAL PALM AND SPECIMEN WOOD FOLDING CHAIR
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A COLONIAL PALM AND SPECIMEN WOOD FOLDING CHAIR

CEYLON OR EAST INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY EARLY 20TH CENTURY

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A COLONIAL PALM AND SPECIMEN WOOD FOLDING CHAIR
CEYLON OR EAST INDIA, LATE 19TH CENTURY EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The slatted seat incorporating suriyamara, nandun, calamender, sapu, sappan, ebony, kumbuk, cocanut, teak, kitua, jak and various others unknown
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This folding chair, with labelled specimen wood slats forming the seat, was probably made as a promotional item for a timber merchant. The variety of woods used implies Ceylonese or East Indian origin though in some cases vernacular spellings hinder accurate identification. Alexander L. Howard in Timbers of the World&i, London, 1934, lists Suriya mara, Sapan, Kumbuk, Kitua and Jackwood among others. Sapu is possibly a derivation of Sapuan, and Nandun possibly Nedun, a tree which Howard notes is limited in range to Ceylon.