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Chuanyi chairs appear to have originated between the Tang and
Song dynasties, where they were referred to as kaolaoyang, literally,
meaning large round baskets made from split bamboo. The elegant
curve of the crest rail, the well-carved sweeping hook handles and
the sinuous chilong carved on the back panel, are rather exceptional
features characterising the furniture produced in the early period
of the Qing dynasty. For a detailed discussion of the sophisticated
joinery employed to construct the curved rails of these chairs elegant
and graceful horseshoe-back armchair, see C. Evarts, Continuous
Horseshoe Arms And Half-Lapped Pressure Peg Joins, in ‘Journal of
The Classical Chinese Furniture Society’, 1991, pp.14-18. Comparable
chairs were sold at Sotheby’s New York, 16 September 2008, lot 178.

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