QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI LOWBACK ARMCHAIRS, MEIGUIYI
QING DYNASTY, 18TH CENTURY
Each is composed of members fitted together with characteristic pipe joints. The back is formed by an open rectangular back frame, decorated with beaded aprons on the four sides. The back pillars and the arms continue to form the four legs, embraced together along the lower legs by a foot rest, two side stretchers and an ascending back stretcher.
32 5/8 in. (83 cm.) high, 23 5/8 in. (60 cm.) wide, 18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Chairs of this type are known as meiguiyi in the north but in the south they are known as wenyi or scholar's chair. The form is characterised by its low regular back and it is thought that when placed in the scholar's studio, it would fit neatly under the window without obstructing the view outside. It is interesting to note that the rectangular back is fitted with four sides of aprons similar to the pair of low-back chairs illustrated in Chinese Furniture, One Hundred Examples from the Mimi and Raymond Hung Collection, New York, 1996, p. 85, no. 22.

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