17TH CENTURY

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A RARE HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIR
17TH CENTURY
The protruding crestrail supported on a broad C-shaped splat and curved rear posts which continue to form the rear legs. The curved arms are supported on tapering, curved stiles and curved front posts which continue through the seat frame to form the front legs. The molded seat frame encloses a mat seat above cusped aprons and plain spandrels. The legs are joined by stepped stretchers at the sides and a foot rest at the front.
46 ¼ in. (117.5 cm.) high, 22 7/8 in. (58.1 cm.) wide, 18 ¾ in. (47.6 cm.) deep

Provenance

Mr. Albert Chock (1915-1961) and Mrs. Frances Zane Chock (1917- 1997) Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii, and thence by descent.

Exhibited

Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, 16 January-14 February 1982, no. 10.

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Lot Essay

The present chair is the mate to the chair illustrated by R. H. Ellsworth, Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1982, p. 44, no. 10. Both chairs were exhibited side by side, as was the preceding lot, a huanghuali recessed-leg table, in the 1982 exhibition.

Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections opened on January 16th, 1982 and was dedicated to Gustav Ecke (1896-1971). The exhibition was inspired by Ecke's 1952 exhibition at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, now the Honolulu Museum of Art, with a catalogue written by Robert H. Ellsworth. At the time of the 1952 exhibition, no catalogue was produced and the 1982 exhibition drew heavily upon the museum's archives and Dr. Ecke's wife, Betty Ecke, also known as Tseng Yuho (1924-2017) records.

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