A pair of 'huanghuali' contininuous yokeback armchairs (Nanguanmaoyi)

17th century

十七世紀 黃花梨南官帽椅一對

each with an elegantly arched crestrail flattened in the center and curving down to join the slightly backward sloping rear posts, secured with huangtong strap metal mounts, continuing through the frame to form the back legs, and a matching well-figured wide rectangular slightly bowed splat tenoned to the underside of the yoke and into the back rail of the seat frame, the serpentine arms pipe-jointed to the shaped front posts, the rectangular seat frame, with molded edge, enclosing a soft-mat seat supported underneath by a pair of bowed stretchers, the legs joined by a beaded-edge crescent-form aprons and ascending height stretchers with protruding tenons, cushions (4)

Height 47 in., 119.4 cm; Width 23 ? in., 59.7 cm; Depth 18 ? in., 46.4 cm

Grace Wu Bruce, Ltd., London, 2001.

來源

嘉木堂，倫敦，2001年