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Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture
Author: Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture
Author: Shixiang WangPublisher:
ISBN: 9781878529008
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture, with 800 plates & illustrations, is the most definitive study of Chinese furniture from the Ming through Qing Dynasties available today. The first volume contains six chapters describing the construction, forms, materials used & provenance of the furniture, & shows the authentication of pieces & the identification of later repairs & reproductions. Over 300 diagrams clarify this information for the reader. The second volume includes more than 350 black & white photo plates taken by the author, & 90 detailed line drawings. These provide the most complete record of furniture of this period & include many pieces which have since been lost or destroyed. Representing the culmination of more than 40 years' research by the author, former head of the exhibition department of the Palace Museum in Beijing, this work is unquestionably the most authoritative & factual work on Chinese furniture ever to be published in China or abroad. The first major work in English on this subject by a Chinese scholar, it is an indispensable reference for collectors, furniture makers, historians, connoisseurs & all who appreciate the art of China.
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Text
Author: Shixiang WangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Plates
Author: Shixiang WangPublisher:
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Author: Robert D. JacobsenPublisher: Art Media Resources
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
"Produced in conjunction with the symposium Classical Chinese furniture and the built environment, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota June 10-12, 1999"--T.p. verso.
Chinese Furniture
Author: Xiaoming ZhangPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521186463
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
This book provides an accessible, illustrated introduction to the long history, production techniques and cultural significance of Chinese furniture.
Classical Chinese Wood Furniture
Author: Sandra Lok Fu ChinPublisher:
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Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Illustrating many fine examples, this catalog presents a treasury of classical Chinese furniture from five American private collections exhibited at the Craft & Folk Art Museum of San Francisco.
Chinese Furniture
Author: Karen MazurkewichPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462906923
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles--from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market. This antique furniture book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques. It includes detailed chapters on various types of wooden furniture cover chairs, stools and benches, tables and desks, beds, cabinets and bookshelves, doors and screens and household accessories. With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as Chinese antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide for collectors of antique wood furniture.
Masterpieces from the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture
Author: Museum of Classical Chinese FurniturePublisher: Chinese Arts Foundation
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture
Author: Sarah HandlerPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520353331
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 727
Book Description
Chinese classical furniture is esteemed throughout the world for its beauty, functionalism, and influence on contemporary design aesthetics. Sarah Handler's stunningly illustrated volume traces Chinese hardwood furniture from its earliest origins in the Shang dynasty (c. 1500 to c. 1050 B.C.) to the present. She offers a fascinating and poetic view of Chinese furniture as functional sculpture, a fine art alongside the other Chinese arts of calligraphy, architecture, painting, and literature. Handler, a widely respected scholar of Chinese furniture, uses her knowledge of Chinese social, political, and economic history to provide a backdrop for understanding the many nuances of this art form. Drawing on literary and visual evidence from excavated materials, written texts, paintings, prints, and engravings, she discusses how people lived, their notions of hierarchy, and their perceptions of space. Her descriptions of historical developments, such as the shift from mats to chairs, evoke the psychological and sociological ramifications. The invention of a distinctive way to support and contain people and things within the household is one of China's singular contributions, says Handler. With more than three hundred exquisite illustrations, many in color, Handler's comprehensive study reveals "the magical totality of Chinese classical furniture, from its rich surfaces and shrewd proportions down to the austere soul of art that resides in the hardwood interiors." Austere Luminosity recognizes Chinese classical furniture as one of China's premier arts, unique in the furniture traditions of the world.