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A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI RECTANGULAR STOOLS, CHANGFANGDENG
LATE 16TH/EARLY 17TH CENTURY
The soft-mat seat enclosed by the rectangular frame with convex molding and indented beading, supported on splayed square legs with rounded outer corners, joined by plain double stretchers on the short sides and single stretchers on the long sides, and by the beaded apron, the apron-head spandrels with indented corner moldings, the underside with a pair of transverse braces connected by a 'bridge'
20in. (51cm.) high, 20½in. (52cm.) wide, 16 1/8in. (41cm.) deep (2)
Literature
Wang Shixiang, "Jianyue Minglian" ("The Beauty of Ming Furniture"), GWY, May 1993, no. 122, p. 5
Wang Shixiang, "The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in California", JCCFS, Autumn 1993, p. 46, no. 1
Sarah Handler, "Classical Chinese Furniture in the Renaissance Collection", Orientations, January 1991, p. 43, fig. 2
Sarah Handler, "The Ubiquitous Stool", JCCFS, Summer 1994, p. 12, fig. 14
Wang et al., Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 32, no. 15
