A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIRS, SICHUTOUGUANMAOYI, 19TH CENTURY

A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI 'OFFICIAL'S HAT' ARMCHAIRS, SICHUTOUGUANMAOYI
19TH CENTURY
Each chair has a straight top rail raised on a plain back splat and curved rear posts, above the straight arms supported on recessed, curved front posts. The mat seat is set in a rectangular frame above plain aprons and spandrels. The whole is raised on molded legs of square section and joined by stepped stretchers and a foot rest at the front.
37 ¾ in. (95.8 cm.) high, 23 ¼ in. (59.1 cm.) wide, 19 in. (48.3 cm.) deep

Provenance

Robert and William Drummond, New York.
Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New York, #F105 and 106.
Acquired from the above in 1974.

PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A LADY