Classical Chinese Furniture:
Articles

Chinese Furniture Related Materials are listed by author.
Last update: February 26, 2005.

• Addis, J. M. Chinese Ceramics from Datable Tombs. London and New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1978.
  
  
• An Xiaoli. "Ji an lei jiaju (Furniture categories: stand and tables)". Shoucangjia, vol. 66, 4: 2002 pp. 20-25. (in Chinese).
  
  
• An Xiaoli. "Yi deng lei jiaju (Furniture categories: chairs and stools)". Shoucangjia, vol. 67, 5: 2002 pp. 24-31. (in Chinese).
  
  
• Ang, John Kwang-Ming. "Enduring Traditions of Shanxi Furniture." Orientations 27:5 (May 1996), pp. 54-63.
  
  
• ______."Further Studies of Chinese Furniture in Various Woods: Longyan Wood Furniture". Arts of Asia September-October 2004 Volume 32:1, pp. 53-65.
  
  
• ______. "Identifying a Regional Style of Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:4 (Autumn 1992), pp. 54-53.
  
  
• ______. "The Classical Tradition in Blackwood Furniture." Arts of Asia (Sept-Oct 2000), pp. 104-115.
  
  
• ______. "Zhajing Wood Furniture: Further Studies in Chinese Furniture of Alternative Woods". Arts of Asia January-February 2002 Volume 32:1, pp. 53-65.
  
  
• Atwell, Pamela. "Obituary: George N. Kates (1895-1990)." The Journal of Asian Studies, Vol. 49, No. 4. Association for Asian Studies (November 1990), pp. 1014-1015.
  
  
• Bailey, Lavinia Lewis. "Chinese Wrist Rests Part I." Apollo Vol. XLV No. 265 (March 1947), pp. 79-82.
  
  
• ______. "Chinese Wrist Rests Part II." Apollo Vol. XLV No. 266 (April 1947), pp. 104-106
  
  
• Baker, Kenneth. "Seeing Chinese Furniture as an Art Form". San Francisco Chronicle. Tues. Oct. 6, 1992, p. E3.
  
  
• Bartholomew, Terese Tse. "Botanical Motifs in Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:4 (Autumn 1992), 36-50.
  
  
• Berliner, Nancy. "Report From New York." Orientations. June 1988, pp. 71-73.
  
  
• _____. "When Vernacular Meets Fine: Thoughts on Chinese Furniture Studies." Orientations 27:5 (May 1996), pp. 42-48.
  
  
• Berthelsen, John. "A Thing for Ming." Town & Country 147:5158 (July 1993), pp. 92-93, 104.
  
  
• Beurdeley, Michel." Li Yu, Chinese Decorator during Ming and Manchu times." Connaissance des Arts, November 1979.
  
  
• Boger, Louise Ade. "The Inspiration of Classic Chinese." House & Garden, March 1972.
  
  
• Branscombe, Henry. "Chinese Decorative Designs in Woodwork." International Studio LXXXVI (February 1927), pp. 72-76.
  
  
• ______. "The Age of Lacquer Furniture." International Studio LXXXVIII (September 1927), pp. 57-62.
  
  
• Bredon, Juliet. "The Charm of Chinese Furniture." Illustrated London News CLXXIII (1928), pp. 566-567, 582
  
  
• Bruce, Grace Wu. "Classic Chinese Furniture in Tzu-T'an Wood." Arts of Asia 21:6 (November-December 1991), pp. 138-148.
  
  
• ______. "Classical Chinese Furniture in Zitan Wood" (in Chinese). The Study of Classical Chinese Furniture XII (November 1992), pp. 28-48.
  
  
• ______. "Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture: 1. A Folding Table." Oriental Art, Vol. XXVI:4, Winter 1990/91, pp. 178, 233-235.
  
  
• ______. "Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture: 3. An Imperial Table." Oriental Art, Vol. XXXVII:4 (Winter 1991/2), pp. 223-226.
  
  
• ______. "Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture: 4. A Clothes Rack." Oriental Art, Vol. XXXVII:4 (Summer 1992).
  
  
• ______. "Examples of Classic Chinese Furniture: 5. Small Portable Treasures." Oriental Art, Vol. XXXIX:3 (Autumn 1993).
  
  
• ______. "Examples of Classic Furniture: 2. Masterpieces of the Joiner's Art." Oriental Art, Vol. XXXVIII:2 (Summer 1991), pp. 94-96.
  
  
• ______. "Interior Decoration in Ming Dynasty China." Arts of Asia 23:4 (July-August 1993), pp. 64-75.
  
  
• ______. "Ming Furniture. Some Examples of Fakes and Forgeries" Orientations 23:1 (January 1992), pp. 51-59.
  
  
• ______. "Small Portable Treasures." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:4 (Autumn 1993), pp. 57-67.
  
  
• Bulling, Anneliese. "Two Models of Chinese Homesteads." The Burlington Magazine No. 415, Vol. lxxi (October 1937), pp. 153-167.
  
  
• Burchell, Sam. "Collectors: A Unifying Aesthetic. Fred Mueller in New York." Architectural Digest, March 1991, pp. 82-89
  
  
• Cameron, Nigel. Classic Chinese Furniture: the Ming Tradition. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Land Co. 1992. (Exhibition catalogue)
  
  
• ______. Traditional Chinese Furniture. Hong Kong: The Hongkong Land Property Company Ltd., 1987. (Exhibition catalogue)
  
  
• Chapman, Jan. "Back to the Hu Ch'uang: A Reassessment of Some Literary Evidence Concerning the Origin of the Chair in China." Oriental Art, Winter 1974, pp. 425-430.
  
  
• Chapman, Jeanne. "The Baltimore Museum's 1946 Exhibition of Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:3 (Summer 1993), pp. 4-31.
  
  
• Chen Zengbi. "A One-Thousand-Year-Old Daybed." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 4:4 (Autumn 1994), pp. 24-28.
  
  
• ______. "A Unique Folding Stool for Mounting Horses." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:4 (Autumn 1992), pp. 51-53.
  
  
• ______. "Brief Discussion on Horse-Mounting Stools" (in Chinese). Wenwu 1980:4, pp. 82-84.
  
  
• ______. "Double Sixes." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:3 (Summer 1992), pp. 48-55.
  
  
• ______. "Function and Style in Ming Furniture" Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:4 (Autumn 1991), pp. 40-48.
  
  
• ______. "Shuang Liu" (Double Sixes). Wenwu no. 4, 1982.
  
  
• ______. "The First Discussion of the Small, Single-Person Ta during the Han, Wei, and Jin" (in Chinese). Wenwu 1979:9, pp. 66-71.
  
  
• ______. "Zhongguo chuantong jiaju yanjiu yu jianding" (Research and Appreciation of Traditional Chinese Furniture)(in Chinese). Chuangtong Minju yu Xiandai Shenghou zhi Shentao; Yantaohui chuanji. Taipei: Xingzhengyuan wenhua jianshe weiyuanhui, 1997, pp. 28-41.
  
  
• Chin, Sandra. "The Effect of New World Silver on the Production of Classical Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:1 (Winter 1992), pp. 22-25.
  
  
• Christy, Anita. "Alice Boney: The Doyenne of Oriental Art Dealers." Orientations, December 1988, pp. 54-59.
  
  
• ______. "The Dealer as Collector: Interview with Robert H. Ellsworth." Orientations, February 1988, pp. 40-45.
  
  
• Clunas, Craig. "A Chinese Bed for a European Trader." Arts of Asia, Nov/Dec 1983, pp. 126-129.
  
  
• ______. "Book Review: 'Dreams of Chu Tan Chamber and the Romance with Huanghuali Wood: The Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection of Classic Chinese Furniture.'" Orientations 23:1 (January 1992), p. 97.
  
  
• ______. "Book Review: Connoisseurship of Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties by Wang Shixiang." Orientations 22:1 (January 1991), pp. 89-90.
  
  
• ______. "Chinese Furniture and Western Designers." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:1 (Winter 1992), pp. 58-70.
  
  
• ______. "Design and Cultural Frontiers, English Shapes." Apollo CXXVI:308 (Oct. 1987), pp. 256-263.
  
  
• ______. "Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China." Catalogue essay in Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1996. pp. 21-53.
  
  
• ______. "Klaas Ruitenbeek's Lu Ban jing: A Review." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 4:1 (Winter 1993), pp. 30-32.
  
  
• ______. "Lost Interiors: Woodblock Prints and the Evidence for Chinese Furniture." Orientations 22:1 (January 1991), pp. 81-88.
  
  
• ______. Superfluous Things: Material Culture and Social Status in Early Modern China. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991.
  
  
• ______. "The Apollo Portrait: Wang Shixiang." Apollo CXXVII:309 (November 1987), pp. 350-51.
  
  
• ______. "The Chinese Chair and the Danish Designer." Victoria & Albert Album IV. London, 1985, pp. 314-318.
  
  
• ______. "The Novel Jin Ping Mei as a Source for the Study of Ming Furniture." Orientations, 23:1 (January 1992), pp. 60-68.
  
  
• ______. "What is Chinese Furniture?" Orientations, March 1987, pp. 20-29.
  
  
• ______. "Whose Throne Is It Anyway? The Qianlong Throne in the T. T. Tsui Gallery." Orientations, July 1991.
  
  
• Collard, Margaret Yung. "Chinese Furniture for the Ages." Showplace Square News San Francisco 8:4 (October 1990), p. 36.
  
  
• Cooke, Christopher. "A Seventeenth Century Folding Horseshoe-back Chair in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts." Orientations June 1999, 30:6, pp. 65-70.
  
  
• ______. "Antique Chinese Furniture: A Restorer's Notes." Orientations January 1993, 24:1, pp. 62-63.
  
  
• ______. "Commentary: Chinese Furniture: A Shrinking Problem." Orientations September 1994.
  
  
• ______. "Patination and its Role in the Restoration of Classical Chinese Furniture." Orientations January 1998, pp. 32-35.
  
  
• Cooper, Eugene. The Wood-carvers of Hong Kong: Craft Production in the World Capitalist Periphery. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980.