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This volume is the long-awaited reprint of the important pioneering study on Chinese furniture by R. H. Ellsworth. Profusely illustrated, it provides a comprehensive study of classical hardwood furniture from the Ming and early Qing dynasties. It examines the historical background and gives detailed accounts on Chinese joinery, metal mounts, changes in seating surfaces, the dating of Chinese furniture, and conservation and restoration. With the author's new introduction and illustrating 155 superb examples, this volume is an indispensable reference for scholars, collectors, dealers, and readers interested in the subject.
This volume is the long-awaited reprint of the important pioneering study on Chinese furniture by R. H. Ellsworth. Profusely illustrated, it provides a comprehensive study of classical hardwood furniture from the Ming and early Qing dynasties. It examines the historical background and gives detailed accounts on Chinese joinery, metal mounts, changes in seating surfaces, the dating of Chinese furniture, and conservation and restoration. With the author's new introduction and illustrating 155 superb examples, this volume is an indispensable reference for scholars, collectors, dealers, and readers interested in the subject.
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The accumulated knowledge gathered over the last 25 years has brought about changes in many of the opinions held at the time my research commenced in the early 1960s for the first edition published by Random House in 1971 and since Gustav Ecke's first major contribution of 1944 to this field. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Plate, New York, Gustav Ecke, Chou T'ien-Ch'iu, Royal Ontario Museum, Kansas City, Kuan Mao Shih, Side Table, Chinese Art Society of America, High Yoke-Back Armchair, K'ang Chi, T'ung Ch'i-Ch'ang, Warring States, Honolulu Academy of Arts, James Biddle, Hong Kong, Property of Miss Alice Boney, High-Back Armchair, James Cahill, Maurice Dupont, Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho-Spring Festival, Fang Ting, Les Meubles de la Chine, Queen Anne, Study Table New!
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The accumulated knowledge gathered over the last 25 years has brought about changes in many of the opinions held at the time my research commenced in the early 1960s for the first edition published by Random House in 1971 and since Gustav Ecke's first major contribution of 1944 to this field. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Color Plate, New York, Gustav Ecke, Chou T'ien-Ch'iu, Royal Ontario Museum, Kansas City, Kuan Mao Shih, Side Table, Chinese Art Society of America, High Yoke-Back Armchair, K'ang Chi, T'ung Ch'i-Ch'ang, Warring States, Honolulu Academy of Arts, James Biddle, Hong Kong, Property of Miss Alice Boney, High-Back Armchair, James Cahill, Maurice Dupont, Ch'ing Ming Shang Ho-Spring Festival, Fang Ting, Les Meubles de la Chine, Queen Anne, Study Table New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Ming Furniture in the Light of Chinese Architecture by Sarah Handler on 7 pages
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- Chinese Classical Furniture (Images of America Series) by Grace Wu Bruce on page 73, and Back Matter
- Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms Colonial to Contemporary (Revised and Expanded) (American Association for State and Local History Books) by Milo M. Naeve in Back Matter
- Modern Woodworking Techniques (Best of Fine Woodworking) by Fine Woodworking Editors on page 46
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