Journal Classical Chinese Furniture Society Winter 1992

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• Curtis Evarts reviews the exhibition and symposium organized by the San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum.
• H.L. Kahn paints a colorful portrait of life in Ming dynasty China, emphasizing the complex social and historical context that must be considered in the study of classical Chinese furniture.
• Sandra Chin examines the flow of New World silver into the Chinese economy during the latter half of the sixteenth century, and its possible effect on furniture production.
• Sarah Handler compares a huanghuali meditation chair and a tubular steel chair designed by Bauhaus artist Marcel Breuer, studying the similar aesthetic that produced the two designs.
• Wang Shixiang illustrates eight joints used in common furniture types during the Ming dynasty, and traces their gradual deterioration during the Qing dynasty.
• Lark Mason reveals a number of common deceptions he has encountered while attempting to verify the authenticity of pieces of early Chinese furniture.
• Craig Clunas traces fashionable trends in Western society that have, over several centuries, created widely different concepts of Chinese furniture.

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