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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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