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A SET OF FOUR HUANGHUALI HORSESHOEBACK ARMCHAIRS WITH MARBLE PANELS, QUANYI
18TH CENTURY
The curving toprail, supported by long, slender side posts, sloping down to meet the front posts at 'pipe joints', the inner corners with shaped spandrels, the backsplat divided into three panels, the upper with a beaded cartouche-shaped aperture, the middle set with a circular, marble, 'landscape' panel with creamy-white background and russet inclusions, the lower with a beaded opening, the cusped edge echoing the upper aperture, the rectangular frame with a soft-mat seat above legs joined by stretchers and straight aprons with long spandrels, the marble panels on each chair possibly selected to represent the four seasons
35 3/8in. (90.5cm.) high, 20 3/4in. (52.7cm.) wide, 16 1/8in. (41cm.) deep (4)
Literature
Curtis Evarts, "Ornamental Stone Panels and Chinese Furniture", JCCFS, Spring 1994, p. 23, figs. 21, 21a, 21b and 21c
Wang et at., Masterpieces of Chinese Furniture from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, p. 62, no. 29
