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Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings (Dover Books on Furniture) by Gustav Ecke click to enlarge

Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings (Dover Books on Furniture)

Gustav Ecke
Long considered the seminal work on Chinese hardwood furniture in a Western language, this indispensible guide, now in a low-cost Dover edition, contains 161 superb plates that include photographs and drawings of tables, chairs, couches, cabinets, cupboards, and wardrobes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Prelininary

1. The Box Construction & Its Platform Derivatives

2. The Yokeback & Kindred Platform Devices

3. Trestle Combinations

4. The Seat

5. Splay-Leg Cabinets & Related Designs

6. Square Cases

7. Cabinet Woods

8. Metal Mounts

9. Craftsmanship- Ornament- Dating

10. Cabinet Making after Yuan- Rise & Decline

11. Conclusion

161 pgs, 8x11, 161 b&w illus, softcover
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