id: 132966
accession number: 1955.40.2
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Roundback Armchair: Lohan Type, 1600s-1700s. China, Ming dynasty (1368-1644) or Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Rosewood (huanghuali); overall: 86 x 58.4 cm (33 7/8 x 23 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1955.40.2
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: 86 x 58.4 cm (33 7/8 x 23 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Stories From Storage
opening date: 2021-02-07T05:00:00
Stories From Storage. 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
China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta. 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.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, 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. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. 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. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 355
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n375
Ball, Victoria Kloss. Architecture and Interior Design. New York: Wiley, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: p. 354, fig. 7.23
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Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield. Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Chʼing Dynasties. 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. Interior Design & Decoration. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
page number: Reproduced: Fig. 11-11, p. 249
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"Stories from Storage." The Asian Art Newspaper: Monthly for Collectors, Dealers, Museums and Galleries 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.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 1 (Winter 2021):14–15.
page number: Reproduced: p. 14; Mentioned: pp. 14–15
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