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Pair of Roundback Armchairs: Lohan Type
The collection record classifies this work as furniture and woodwork. It is dated 1600–1700s. Recorded culture or place: China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911).
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- Museum title
- Pair of Roundback Armchairs: Lohan Type
- Date
- 1600–1700s
- Culture / origin
- China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644) to Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Materials and technique
- Rosewood (huanghuali)
- Dimensions
- Overall: 85.4 x 58.4 cm (33 5/8 x 23 in.); Chair: 86 x 63.5 x 47 cm (33 7/8 x 25 x 18 1/2 in.)
- Artist / maker
- Not specified by the museum
- Museum
- The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Accession number
- 1955.40
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In history, China moved from an original floor culture to high chairs and tables, developing a unique tradition of craftsmanship. Although still relatively unexplored, the manufacturing and styles of furniture differ by region.
These horseshoe-back armchairs were made in Jiangsu province. Their simplicity and minimalist elegance are characteristic of Suzhou-style furniture and aesthetics. The backs of the chairs are made of seven pieces of wood, joined and secured with an inserted wooden pin, a mortise-tenon technique that appeared in its earliest form in Neolitihic fragments of the Hemudu culture.
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