Journal Classical Chinese Furniture Society Autumn 1993

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• Sarah Handler discusses the platform, the elemental form in Chinese furniture, which was used for seating as early as the Han dynasty, and survived until modern times.
• Curtis Evarts studies two sets of illustrations to the Jin Ping Mei, concluding that such illustrations may provide valuable indications of tendencies in design and construction.
• Wang Shixiang discusses twelve notable pieces in the collection of the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture at Renaissance, California.
• Grace Wu Bruce surveys a group of small hardwood boxes and stands, reminding us that the names that have been given to such objects may not reflect their true functions.
• Gustav Ecke compares two tables acquired by the Honolulu Academy of Arts; a curvilinear, lacquered ritual table and a huanghuali altar table.

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