id:			132964
accession number:	1955.40
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.40
updated:		2023-05-12 11:03:38.664000

Pair of Roundback Armchairs: Lohan Type, 1600–1700s. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Rosewood (huanghuali); overall: 85.4 x 58.4 cm (33 5/8 x 23 in.); chair: 86 x 63.5 x 47 cm (33 7/8 x 25 x 18 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1955.40

title:				Pair of Roundback Armchairs: Lohan Type
title in original language:	黃花梨圈椅
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			1600–1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
technique:	Rosewood (huanghuali)
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Ming Dynasty
type:		Furniture and woodwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 85.4 x 58.4 cm (33 5/8 x 23 in.); Chair: 86 x 63.5 x 47 cm (33 7/8 x 25 x 18 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		World Cultures and Modern Art: The Encounter of 19th and 20th Century European Art and Music with Asia, Africa, Oceania, Afro- and Indo-America
	opening date:   1972-05-15T04:00:00
	<i>World Cultures and Modern Art: The Encounter of 19th and 20th Century European Art and Music with Asia, Africa, Oceania, Afro- and Indo-America</i>. Organisationskomitee fur die Spiele der XX. Olympiade, Munich, Germany (organizer) (May 15-September 30, 1972).

	title:		Stories From Storage
	opening date:   2021-02-07T05:00:00
	<i>Stories From Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	George N. Kates [1895-1990]
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	Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1955
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1955-
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fun fact:
The horseshoe-shaped backs of these chairs are made of seven pieces of wood joined without glue or nails and secured with an inserted wooden pin that holds them in place.

digital description:
Following the tradition of sitting cross-legged on an elevated platform, these armchairs allow the sitter to rest their feet on the stretcher between the front legs, or to pull their legs up resting their shoes on the stretcher. The existence of such chairs in pairs suggests that they were used in more formal settings reserved for important guests and family members of age and high status. Similar chairs with low, straight backs were presumably used by women or in a less formal context.

wall description:

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Domestic Furniture.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 44, no. 3, 1957, pp. 48–53.
	page number: 	Reprodued: p. 50
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142197

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 873
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n155

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 268
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n292

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 268
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n292

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 355
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n375

	Ball, Victoria Kloss. <em>Architecture and Interior Design</em>. New York: Wiley, 1980.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 354, fig. 7.23
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	Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield. <em>Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Chʼing Dynasties</em>. New Fairfield, CT: Robert H. Ellsworth, 1997.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 241, Chair #19; Reproduced: p. 128
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	Whiton, Augustus Sherrill, and Stanley Abercrombie.<em> Interior Design &amp; Decoration</em>. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
	page number: 	Reproduced: Fig. 11-11, p. 249
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	"Stories from Storage." <em>The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries </em>24, no. 5: 6-7.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 6-7
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	Spee, Clarissa von. “Have a Seat! From Floor Culture to Furniture of Ming and Qing Dynasty China.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 1 (Winter 2021):14–15.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: pp. 14–15
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