CE, the Chinese sat on mats or low platforms using low tables, but then gradually moved to using high tables with chairs. Chinese furniture is mostly...
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interior of a Chinese house was simple and sober. All Chinese furniture is made of wood, usually ebony, teak, or rosewood for heavier furniture (chairs, tables...
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The Chinese Furniture Museum (traditional Chinese: 中國家具博物館; simplified Chinese: 中国家具博物馆; pinyin: Zhōngguó Jiājù Bówùguǎn) or China's Furniture Museum is...
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Stanley Furniture was an American furniture manufacturer based in High Point, North Carolina, United States. Stanley Furniture was founded in April 1924...
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History of the chair (section Chinese chairs)
Impact of Buddhism on Chinese Material Culture, Princeton University Press, 2003, pp.222–248. "A Brief History of Chinese Furniture". www.orientalfurnishings...
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Chinese culture (simplified Chinese: 中华文化; traditional Chinese: 中華文化; pinyin: Zhōnghuá wénhuà) is one of the world's oldest cultures, originating thousands...
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China was lacquered. Joinery was also common in ancient Chinese and Indian furniture. Mortise and tenon joints were very common in Chinese furniture....
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Peranakan Chinese (/pəˈrɑːnəˌkɑːn, -kən/) are an ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Southern Chinese settlers to...
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collection of over 100 pieces of antique Chinese furniture, held under the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, at Christie's, and received $11.2 million...
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Trump Buddha (category Articles containing Chinese-language text)
Buddha or Buddha Trump, is a Buddha-inspired statue of Donald Trump by Chinese furniture maker and artist Hong Jinshi. The statue depicts Donald Trump in a...
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Indonesia. Chinese furniture "Chinese Cultural Studies: Chinese Arts." Archived July 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Brooklyn College, Chinese Culture syllabus...
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introduced classical Chinese hardwood furniture to the west. An exquisite chair made of red sandalwood can be seen today in China's Forbidden City in Beijing...
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Mor Furniture is an American furniture retailer, based in San Diego, California. Mor Furniture for Less is currently one of the largest furniture retailers...
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Indian, Chinese, European, and Japanese traditions. Because of the physical existence of Indian and Egyptian examples, we know that furniture from the...
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Anne style of furniture design developed before, during, and after the time of Queen Anne, who reigned from 1702 to 1714. Queen Anne furniture is "somewhat...
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Coromandel lacquer (category Chinese furniture)
used to refer to Chinese lacquer. The peak of the fashion for panelling rooms was the late 17th century. By the 18th century, Chinese wallpaper began to...
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Dalbergia odorifera (redirect from Chinese rosewood)
of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 18 May 2012. "The best Chinese furniture woods"...
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Senna siamea (category Flora of Indo-China)
Lumber Identification (Hardwood)". http://www.chinese-furniture.com/cgi-bin/ccf.cgi?stt=stp&pgn=c_furniture/m_jichimu.html Wikimedia Commons has media related...
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Woodworking (redirect from Ancient Chinese woodworking)
nothing of the intricate glue-less and nail-less joinery for which Chinese furniture was so famous. With the advances in modern technology and the demands...
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Chair (redirect from Armchair (furniture))
outgrowth of indigenous Chinese furniture, that it evolved from a camp stool imported from Central Asia, that it was introduced to China by Christian missionaries...
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museums also host furniture exhibits. Antique Furniture & Wooden Sculpture Museum in Milan Chinese Furniture Museum in Taoyuan Furniture Manufacturing Eco...
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Folding screen (redirect from Chinese screen)
folding screen, also known as pingfeng (Chinese: 屏風; pinyin: píngfēng), is a type of free-standing furniture consisting of several frames or panels, which...
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different furniture periods. Chippendale's furniture was designed using varied splat details to include Gothic, Chinese, English and some with French details...
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Factors Drove Jennifer Convertibles into Chapter 11 – Chinese Supplier Will Own 95% of Retailer". Furniture Today. Archived from the original on July 23, 2010...
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and Todd Wanek. Ashley Furniture manufactures and distributes home furniture products throughout the world. Ashley Furniture Industries sells home furnishings...
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Chinese art Chinese art is visual art that originated in or is practiced in China, Greater China or by Chinese artists. Art created by Chinese residing...
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The furniture of the Louis XV period (1715–1774) is characterized by curved forms, lightness, comfort and asymmetry; it replaced the more formal, boxlike...
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Thomas Chippendale (redirect from Chippendale furniture)
(June 1718 – 1779) was an English cabinet-maker in London, designing furniture in the mid-Georgian, English Rococo, and Neoclassical styles. In 1754...
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(1999). C. L. Ma Collection: Traditional Chinese Furniture from the Greater Shanxi Region. Hong Kong: C.L. Ma Furniture. ISBN 978-962-7956-19-8. Thomas, P....
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