Author: Museum of Classical Chinese FurniturePublisher: Chinese Arts Foundation
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
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: 0520214846
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
"Sarah Handler has written a true cultural history of Chinese furniture. Her book is a highly erudite blend of art history and social history, yet with a structure as transparent and elegant as that of a fine piece of Ming-style furniture."—Klaas Ruitenbeek, Louise Hawley Stone Chair of Far Eastern Art, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and author of Carpentry and Building in Late Imperial China: A Study of the Fifteenth-Century Carpenter's Manual Lu Ban jing
Classical Chinese Furniture
Author: Marcus FlacksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780956509222
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This unique publication illuminates a fascinating and little-known area of Chinese decorative art--Chinese furniture of the 16th-18th centuries. These beautiful chairs, stools, cabinets, and tables are highly sought after and have become the fastest-growing area of collecting within China itself. Author Marcus Flacks begins the book with a historical overview to place the furniture in context and then traces the trends and changes in collecting over the past 30 years. The heart of "Classical Chinese Furniture" is the presentation of 52 masterpieces--all exceptional examples of great rarity--accompanied by detailed descriptions. These outstanding pieces--most never published before--teach an important lesson on the Chinese approach to aesthetics, craftsmanship, architecture, and culture. They have even affected, directly or indirectly, much of 20th-century art, design, and architecture. Complete with invaluable appendices that visually unlock the secrets of timber, joinery, regional production, and the art of restoration, "Classical Chinese Furniture" is an essential volume for collectors and experts--Western and Chinese alike--as well as for anyone interested in furniture, aesthetics, and interiors, or simply fascinated by the extraordinary beauty of the pieces themselves. Praise for "Classical Chinese Furniture" "One new tome coming out that I can't wait to get my manicured hands on is "Classical Chinese Furniture" by Marcus Flacks. He does a few things for us in this volume. He educates us on the secrets of timber, joinery, regional production, and the art of restoration of these fine--and often quite rare--pieces. More importantly, he presents 52 masterpieces to us in this glossy photo-filled book--most of which have never been published." --"Life in a Venti C"up blog "'Magnificent' best describes the hefty volume "Classical Chinese Furniture" written by Marcus Flacks...The fascinating text is accompanied by 200 jaw-dropping photographs that feature the kind of objects in heavy demand by well-heeled collectors both in this country and in China." - "San Jose Mercury News"
Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture
Author: Chi-Yip FungPublisher: Open Dissertation Press
ISBN: 9781361137352
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This dissertation, "Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture" by Chi-yip, Fung, 馮志葉, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3198456 Subjects: Furniture - Museums - China - Hong Kong - Designs and plans
Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection
Author: Christie's New YorkChinese Furniture
Author: Craig ClunasPublisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
This study of Chinese furniture, based on the V&A s important collection, ranges from lacquered furniture attributed to the workshops of the Imperial Court to hardwood furniture of the Ming Dynasty, covering the period from the 15th to the early 20th centuries. Timber, techniques and workshop methods are discussed as well as the arrangement of furniture in Chinese interiors.
Classical Chinese Wood Furniture
Author: Sandra Lok Fu ChinPublisher:
ISBN:
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.
Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture
Author: Chi-yip FungClassical Chinese Huanghuali Furniture from the Haven Collection
Author: Chu-Pak LauPublisher: Hku Museum and Art Gallery
ISBN: 9789881902382
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The University Museum and Art Gallery at the University of Hong Kong presents Classical Chinese Huanghuali Furniture from the Haven Collection and publishes this informative edition in conjunction with the exhibition. Chinese huanghuali furniture is world-famous and, for the longest time, has been collected in both East and West. The fine selection displayed here shows both domestic furniture and scholars' items, such as brush pots and chests. In Ming dynasty China, traditional wood architecture and Buddhist thrones inspired Chinese furniture makers and, as trade expanded, so did the amount of hardwood furniture in the form of sophisticated movable pieces and built-in interiors. Ming furniture is known for its elegant lines and carved details. During the reign of Emperor Longqing (1567-1572) China opened its borders, previously implemented import bans were lifted and a greater variety of building materials became available. Consequently, during the Ming and Qing dynasties (1368-1911) the most celebrated types of domestic furniture were made from huanghuali and zitan woods. The elegant dark hardwood with natural shine is remarkable for the fact that Chinese furniture is typically made from solid timber, not an invisible subconstruction covered by a decorative veneer, as is so often the case in the West. The strength of each individual element of a piece of furniture and the consistent color matter, as every detail is exposed and the precision of the joints and the size and position of the dowels are all visual elements of an often simple and graceful design. In some pieces the joints are detectible and accessible, sometimes demountable, or else expertly hidden in the more sophisticated pieces. Applied surface finishes were generally only a layer of wax; no stains or clear lacquer seals were added to the dense and inherently decorative woods.
Chinese Furniture
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Attracted by the form, solid structure, and simple, elegant lines of Chinese furniture, Mimi and Raymond Hung started to form their collection in he mid 1980s. Guided by RobertH. Ellsworth, it now includes some of the best and most interesting forms that became availbale to collectors, many of which had never before seen outside China. These two volumes feature 203 beautifully photographed examples with Ellsworth's observations on each piece.