Chinese elm ‘horse-shoe’ chair in the Ming style, Qing Dynasty, 19th c.
$645.00 AUD
Chinese elm horseshoe chair, in the Ming style with robust curved arms/rail, supported on angled slat back and three arm supports extending through the seat to a rail between the legs, secured by iron straps, the legs featuring single timbers cut & curved into their U-shape, with stretcher between the front.
Some Chinese characters visible underneath the seat.
Qing Dynasty, 19th century or earlier
Condition – good, with signs of old repairs, wear, some joints loose but secure & sittable. Surface with remains of a dark varnish mostly rubbed off to reveal pleasant honey-toned elm wood beneath.
91cm high, 61cm wide
Pieces like this are classed as ‘Provincial’, and belong to a group of furniture designs which developed in the Ming Dynasty – 16th century – and changed little in the following centuries when compared with the sophisticated ‘city’ made pieces. They are collected for their more rustic charms.
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