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18TH-19TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF BURL-INSET HONGMU ARMCHAIRS
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Each chair has a tripartite back splat, comprising a burl-inset panel and a plain panel with raised beading, and supporting a humpback crest rail and side rails carved as archaistic scrollwork. The wide rectangular seat is above the beaded aprons and spandrels. The legs of rounded square section are joined by a footrest and stepped stretchers.
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide, 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
18TH-19TH CENTURY
Each chair has a tripartite back splat, comprising a burl-inset panel and a plain panel with raised beading, and supporting a humpback crest rail and side rails carved as archaistic scrollwork. The wide rectangular seat is above the beaded aprons and spandrels. The legs of rounded square section are joined by a footrest and stepped stretchers.
35 in. (89 cm.) high, 21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) wide, 17 7/8 in. (45.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Nelson Grimaldi Seabra (1922-2002) Collection.
Property from the Collection of Nelson Grimaldi Seabra; Christie's New York, 22 October 2003, lot 59 (part).
Property from the Collection of Nelson Grimaldi Seabra; Christie's New York, 22 October 2003, lot 59 (part).
Special notice
Lots made of or including (regardless of the
percentage) endangered and other protected
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in the catalogue. This material includes, among
other things, ivory, tortoiseshell, crocodile skin,
rhinoceros horn, whalebone certain species of
coral, and Brazilian rosewood. You should check
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