Two hongmu armchairs

Chinese Art
Two hongmu armchairs
19th/20th century
The first with a stepped top-rail above a shaped back-splat with low relief-carved panel of stylised archaistic shou-character, the curving armrests on curving supports over a solid seat with inset 'floating' panel over stepped aprons with moulded edges all raised on square-section supports and joined by stretchers, 112cm high, 59.5cm wide, 45cm deep; together with an armchair with stepped and carved top-rail featuring a bat above a back-splat carved as a peach, a bird perched to one side, the curving armrests with central peach supports on a solid seat with inset 'floating' panel over fish-belly aprons on square-section supports joined by stretchers, (breaks and losses).
98cm high, 62cm wide, 47.5cm deep.