[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Architecture and art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art) › [Mediaeval Sinhalese Art](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908) › c15.55 # Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.55 Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c15.55 - **Language:** English ### [c15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.55) None but the king was allowed to sit upon a chair with a back; as remarked by Sir George Birdwood, “although chairs are not ordinarily used by the natives of India, they have always been familiar with them as the thrones of kings.” A beautiful chair dedicated by Kīrti Śrī Rāja Simha is preserved in the Asgiriya \*pohoya-gē\*; it is painted and inlaid with ivory (Pl. IX., 5). In Fig. 86 are shown a number of types of stools and chairs, from paintings at Degaldoruva, sufficiently described in the legend attached. - [Previous: c15.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.54) - [Next: c15.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.56) - [Up: c15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.art.coomaraswamy-1908.c15.55) · Pramāṇa