Paire de tabourets rectangulaires, changfangdeng, en Huanghuali Chine, dynastie Qing, XVIIIE siècle

le siège formé d'un cadre biseauté et d'un panneau flottant, la ceinture en retrait, les quatre pieds, reliés par des traverses en dos d'âne, se terminant en sabot

 

Acquis auprès de la Compagnie de la Chine et des Indes, Paris.

Both tops are probably slightly reduced in width and length, as it normally happens during normal course of life on this type of stools. Traditionnally the wood sections forming the frame around the tops are shrinking naturally, needing therefore to be recut and resized to correct the openings in the structure. The feet are slightly ground beneath as a consequence of getting worn over the time. Otherwise in good condition and bearing a fine age patina.
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