A CHINESE EXPORT BAMBOO AND CANED ARMCHAIR AND STOOL

FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE EXPORT BAMBOO AND CANED ARMCHAIR AND STOOL
FIRST HALF 19TH CENTURY
The armchair with square back and sides decorated with woven fret, above a caned seat, the seatrail with bundled bamboo and further fret, on bundled bamboo legs joined by a similar H-stretcher; the stool of canted circular form with woven top and fret frieze on bundled bamboo legs
the stool 16½ in. (42 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

Acquired from Pelham Galleries Ltd., London.

Lot Essay

The earliest recorded designs for bamboo furniture in Europe are from William Chamber's Designs for Chinese Buildings and Furniture, 1757. This armchair relates to those in Brighton Pavilion in the 'Chinese' corridor, illustrated in The Royal Brighton Pavilion Guidebook, p. 8.

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