十七世紀 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅一對

each with an elegantly scrolling crestrail terminating in truncated ends, joined to slender curved stiles and a wide S-curved rectangular splat, the serpentine outline arms recessed with the truncated ends continuing, supported by shaped brackets, and with a curved brace joined to the molded hard-matted seat frame above a shaped and beaded apron, all resting on cylindrical legs joined by four ascending stretchers, the underside with two transverse stretchers (2)

Ming Furniture Ltd.，博卡拉頓，佛羅里達州，1989年

The armchairs have consolidation to all joins and all surfaces have been cleaned and refinished. The brackets below the hand grips have been replaced and the apron below each footrest has also been replaced.
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The present pair of yokeback armchairs, predominantly plain with circular members of consistent thickness and truncated outscrolled ends, focuses the eye not only on the dramatic figuring of the grain but on the balance of the form; the curvilinear and rectilinear elements in juxtaposition with the ample use of negative space. This form is generally more comfortable and more extravagant in its use of wood than the straight or C-curved examples. This type of large yokeback armchair is one of the core elements of the classic Chinese furniture vernacular and many examples are preserved in major museums and private collections. For a general discussion on the basic model and decorative vocabulary of these chairs see Curtis Evarts, 'From Ornate to Unadorned', Journal of the Chinese Classical Furniture Society, Spring 1993, pp. 24-33. A