Chinese Furniture

Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Robert D. Jacobsen
The Minneapolis collection is among the finest outside China, and this catalog documents it thoroughly and attractively. The llustrations and text provide the historical and social context of hardwood and lacquer furniture, primarily from the late Ming and early Qing periods. Catalogue entries were written by Robert Jacobsen and construction analysis provided by Nicholas Grindley.

272 pgs, 10x12, 130 color & 20 photos, hardcover
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Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture (Ahmanson-Murphy Fine Arts Book)

Sarah Handler
In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. Austere Luminosity recognizes Chinese classical furniture as one of China's premier arts, unique in the furniture traditions of the world. In this... [read more]

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Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th

Nancy Berliner,Craig Clunas,Boston Museum of Fine Arts,Wang Zhengshu,Sarah Handler,Malcolm Rogers,Wang Shixiang
Usually ships in 24 hours This Boston Museum of Fine Arts catalog includes an excellent essay on furnituremaking in old China. During the 16th and 17th centuries,... [read more]

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

Gustav Ecke
Usually ships in 24 hours Long considered the seminal work on Chinese hardwood furniture in a Western language, this indispensible guide, now in a low-cost Dover edition,... [read more]

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Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties

Shih-Hsiang Wang,Shixiang Wang,Chuan-Yu Yuan
Usually ships in 1 to 3 weeks This expensively printed two volume set is a study of the finest pieces from the Ming and Early Qing Dynasties. Many construction... [read more]

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Chinese Classical Furniture (Images of America Series)

Grace Wu Bruce,Oxford University Press Here is a beautifully illustrated introduction to Ming Dynasty hardwood furniture, known for its classical beauty and clever design. Includes a short... [read more]

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Chinese Furniture (Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasty)

Robert H. Ellsworth,Robert Hatfield Ellsworth
Usually ships in 24 hours Here is the long-awaited reprint of the important pioneering study of Chinese furniture by R.H. Ellsworth. Profusely illustrated, it examines the historical... [read more]

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Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties

Shixiang Wang,Shixiang Wang
Usually ships in 1 to 4 weeks For furniture makers, this definitive work illustrates 162 pieces with beautiful overall and detail photos, and many technical measured drawings. For collectors,... [read more]

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