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Roundback Armchair: Lohan Type

黃花梨圈椅

1600s-1700s

China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty

(1644-1911)
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Medium
Rosewood (huanghuali)
Measurements
Overall: 86 x 58.4 cm (33 7/8 x 23 in.)
Credit Line
The Norweb Collection 1955.40.2
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Similar chairs with low, straight backs were presumably used by women or in a less formal context.

Description

In history, China moved from an original floor culture to high chairs and tables, developing a unique tradition of
craftsmanship. Although still relatively unexplored, the manufacturing and styles of furniture differ by region.

This horseshoe-back armchair was made in Jiangsu province. Its simplicity and minimalist elegance is
characteristic of Suzhou-style furniture and aesthetics. The back of the chair is made of seven pieces of wood, joined and secured with an inserted wooden pin, a mortar-tenon technique that appeared in its earliest form in Neolitihic fragments of the Hemudu culture.

Roundback Armchair: Lohan Type

1600s-1700s

China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)

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