id:			132965
accession number:	1955.40.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1955.40.1
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:36.948000

Roundback Armchair: Lohan Type, 1600s–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.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1955.40.1

title:				Roundback Armchair: Lohan Type
title in original language:	黃花梨圈椅
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creation date:			1600s–1700s
creation date earliest:		1600
creation date latest:		1799
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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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
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measurements: Overall: 85.4 x 58.4 cm (33 5/8 x 23 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).

	title:		China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta
	opening date:   2023-09-10T04:00:00
	<i>China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 10, 2023-January 7, 2024).

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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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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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	"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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