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Written by an authoritative furniture historian, Wang Shixiang, this book provides beautiful color plates, basic knowledge, and detailed descriptions of many important pieces.
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Even though strict principles governed Chinese furniture design of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, artisans created a myriad of forms and variations within this framework. The golden age of classical Chinese furniture lasted from approximately 1520 to 1735. Wine tables, officials' low-backed armchairs, carved clothes racks placed at the end of a bed, multipaneled folding screens, incense stands and a great canopy bed with full-moon opening,...
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- PublisherChina Books & Periodicals
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0835117693
- ISBN 13 9780835117692
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages285
- EditorLeiper Susan E.
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