A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIRS, QUANYI, MING DYNASTY, the toprail continuing in a sweeping curve to the arms and supported on four round corner posts extending below the soft cane seat to the legs joined by stretchers and an aproned footrest, the S-curved rectangular backsplat plain, each arm joined to the seat with a tapering S-curved bracket, the humped apron below the seat articulated with vertical struts and a pierced oval piece, the seat frames worn--39 in. (99 cm.) high