Classical Chinese Furniture:
Articles

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

• Taggart, Ross E. "The Influence of China on the Queen Anne & Chippendale Styles." Designers West 27:11 (September 1980), pp. 119-133.
  
  
• Tan Yu Fang. "Rambling Talk of Chinese Classical Furniture, Part I." Dragon Roots Art Magazine No. 11 (February 1992), pp. 45-57.
  
  
• Tao, Margaret. "More Than Ming." Art & Auction XI:6 (January 1989), pp. 122-129.
  
  
• Teng Rensheng. Lacquer Wares of the Chu Kingdom. Trans. by Vivian Hung Wai-yuen and Zena Cheung. Hong Kong: The Woods Publishing Company, 1992.
  
  
• Thompson, Hugh. "The Chinese Taste." The Antique Dealer and Collectors' Guide May 1959, pp. 38-39.
  
  
• Thorpe, W. A. "A Group of Chinese Secretaries." Apollo XXIII:138 (June 1936), pp. 323-329.
  
  
• Tian Jiaqing. "A Pair of Inscribed Ming-style Official's Hat Armchairs." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:3 (Summer 1991), pp. 22-26.
  
  
• ______. "Appraisal of Ming Furniture." Orientations, 23:1 (January 1992), pp. 82-85.
  
  
• ______. "Early Qing Furniture in a Set of Qing Dynasty Court Paintings." Orientations 24:1 (January 1993), pp. 32-40.
  
  
• ______. "Ming Qing jiaju xiufu lie shuo" (Examples of Ming and Qing furniture restoration). Gugong bowuyuan yuankan (Palace Museum Journal). 1999:3, pp. 85-91.
  
  
• ______. "Qingdai jiaju de diaoshi" (The Decorative Carving Style of Qing Dynasty Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 16, 1996:2, pp. 14-17.
  
  
• ______. "The Art of Decorative Carving on Qing Dynasty Furniture." Orientations 27:5 (May 1996), pp. 49-53.
  
  
• _____. "Zitan and Zitan Furniture." Orientations 25:12 (December 1994), pp. 43-49.
  
  
• Tien Tien & Chang Shui-cheng. "The Chinese Screen." Chinese Reconstructs X (September 1961).
  
  
• Wachowiak, Melvin J. "New Directions in the Study of Chinese Furniture." Asian Art, Summer 1991, pp. 35-51.
  
  
• Walker, Richard W. "Chinese Furniture--Modernity and Mystery." Antiques World II:9, September 1980, pp. 50-55.
  
  
• Wang Shixiang. "A Jichimu Platform-type Daybed." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:2 (Spring 1991), pp. 4-13.
  
  
• _____. "A Record of Important Furniture from the Zhu Family Collection" (in Chinese). Wenwu 1984.10, pp. 52-58.
  
  
• ______. "Additional Examples of Classical Chinese Furniture." Orientations 23:1 (January 1992), pp. 40-50.
  
  
• ______. "An Appeal to Save Classical Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:4 (Autumn 1991), pp. 38-40.
  
  
• ______. "Development of Furniture Design and Construction from the Song to the Ming." Orientations. January 1991. pp. 58-71.
  
  
• ______. "In Memory of Mengjia." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:3 (Summer 1991), pp. 57-59.
  
  
• ______. "Inscribed Ming and Ch'ing Furniture and Examples of Fakes." Gugong Bowuyuan Yuankan (Palace Museum Monthly) 3, 1979.
  
  
• ______. "Qingdai jiaju--xu" (Qing Dyansty Furniture--An Introduction)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 16, 1996:2, pp. 18-20.
  
  
• ______. "Tan jizhong Mingdai jiaju de xingcheng" (The Development of Several Types of Ming Dynasty Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors 18, 1996:4, pp. 44-51.
  
  
• ______. "Tan Qingdai de jiangzuo zeli" (A Discussion of Qing Dynasty Regulations for Craftsmen). Wenwu 1963:7, pp. 19-23.
  
  
• ______. "The Fever of Classical Chinese Furniture" (in Chinese). China Today 42:5 (May 1993), pp. 65-66.
  
  
• ______. "The Fever of Collecting Ming Furniture." Zhongguo Wenwu Bao 7/21/91, p. 4.
  
  
• ______. "The Merits and Defects of Ming and Early Qing Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:3 (Spring 1992), pp. 42-57.
  
  
• ______. "The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture" (in Chinese). National Palace Museum Monthly No. 122 (May 1993), pp. 4-29.
  
  
• ______. "The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture in California." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:4 (Autumn 1993), pp. 46-56.
  
  
• ______. "The State of Ming Furniture: A Comparison of Early and Late Joinery." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:1 (Winter 92), 39-45.
  
  
• ______. "The Waist and the Additional Molding--Discussion of the Relationship between Classical Furniture and Construction" (in Chinese). Wenwu 1982.1, pp. 78-80.
  
  
• Wang Tong. "Ming and Qing Furniture in the Collection of the Beijing Museum of Art." Orientations 27:5 (May 1996), pp. 74-77.
  
  
• Wang Zhengshu. "Conjectures of Models of Ming-Period Furniture Excavated from the Pan Yunzheng Tomb in Shanghai." Catalogue essay in Berliner, Nancy. Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1996. pp. 77-83.
  
  
• Wanscher, Ole. Sella Curulis, The Folding Stool, An Ancient Symbol of Dignity. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1980.
  
  
• Wen Zhenheng. Zhang wu zhi (Treatise on Superfluous Things). Compiled 1615-20. Yishu congbian 29.257.
  
  
• Wu Tung. "From Imported 'Nomadic Seat' to Chinese Folding Armchair." Bulletin: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston LXXI:363 (1973), pp. 36-48.
  
  
• Xu Zhenpeng. "Ming Style Furniture." Zhuangshi V 5 May 1959, 6-8, pp. 14-24.
  
  
• Yang Hong. "The Dunhuang Cave Paintings: A Study of Depictions of Furniture from the Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties Period." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:2 (Spring 1992), pp. 58-68.
  
  
• Yang Naiji. "Concerning Direction in Research for our Association of Classical Chinese Furniture " Association of Classical Chinese Furniture Bulletin #8 (1991).
  
  
• ______. "The Beauty of Perfect Roundness." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 3:3 (Summer 1993), pp. 32-36.
  
  
• Yang Yao. "A Brief Outline of Ancinet Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 1:2 (Spring 1991), pp. 38-47.
  
  
• Yang Yiren. "Die zeitlose Eleganz der Ming-Möbel" (The Timeless Elegance of Ming Furniture). China heute, May 1992, pp. 47-49.
  
  
• Yang Zhongming. Mugong gongzuo jiqiao (Carpentry Technique). Hualian chubanshe: Taipei, 1980.
  
  
• Yetts, Perceval. "Concerning Chinese Furniture." Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society October 1949. Reprinted in Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 2:2 (Spring 92), pp. 69-72.
  
  
• Yi Shui. "Remarks on Screens--Talks on Furniture No. 1" (in Chinese). 1979.2, pp. 74-79.
  
  
• Yip Shing Yiu. "Observations on the Authentication of Ming Furniture." Orientations 23:8 (August 1992), pp. 66-68.
  
  
• ______. "Ming-Style Furniture: From Small Pieces (Such as Table-top and Kang Furniture) to Free-Standing Pieces" (in Chinese). The Study of Classical Furniture XIII (August 1993).
  
  
• Zhang Chun Lun. “Dalishi ping qingshang” (The enjoyment of marble panels) Shoucangjia 2001:5, no. 55. pp. 15-21.
  
  
• Zhang Dexiang. "Dai--Zhongguo gudai jiaju shang de zhongyao bufen" (Structural Supports--An Important Component of Ancient Chinese Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 18, 1996:4, pp. 54-58.
  
  
• ______. "Gaolimu jiaju chulun" (A Tentative Discussion of Gaoli Wood Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 16, 1996:2, pp. 26-29.
  
  
• ______. "Jumu yu jumu jiaju" (Jumu and Jumu Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 17, 1996:3, pp. 30-33.
  
  
• ______. "Youzhuo xiakao" (Investigation into You Tables)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 13, 1995:5, pp. 14-17.
  
  
• ______. "Yuandai jiaju de fengge" (The Style of Yuan Dyansty Furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 21, 1997:1, pp. 34-39.
  
  
• ______. "Zhongguo gudai jiaju muzhi de shibie ji jianding yiyi" (The discernment and appreciation of antique Chinese furniture woods, Part 1) (in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 27, 1998:1, pp. 36-41.
  
  
• ______. "Zhongguo gudai jiaju muzhi de shibie ji jianding yiyi" (The discernment and appreciation antique Chinese furniture woods, Part 2) (in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 28, 1998:2, pp. 20-23.
  
  
• ______. "Zhongguo gudai jiaju shang de xie ding suo zhai" (Wedges, pins, lock tenons, and loose tenons used in antique Chinese furniture)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 23, 1997:3, pp. 56-62.
  
  
• ______. "Zhongguo gudai pingfeng yuanliu" (The Development of the Ancient Chinese Screen)(in Chinese). Shoucangjia (Collectors) 11, 1995:3, pp. 34-37.
  
  
• Zhang Shiqing. “Guanyu Songshi wantui dai tuoni gong’an” (Concerning Song-style altar tables with cabriole legs and base stretchers) Wenwu 2002:03, pp 79-84. (in Chinese)
  
  
• Zhang Yinwu. "A Survey of Chu-Style Furniture." Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society 4:3 (Summer 1994), pp. 48-59.
  
  
• Zhou Jingnan. “Qinggong zitan jiaju tan” (A Discussion of Qing Palace Zitan Furniture). Art of China, June 2001, pp. 84-89.
  
  
• Zhu Jiajin and Wang Shixiang. Zhongguo meishu quanji. Gongyi meishu bian. vol. 11: Zhu mu ya jiao qi (Objects of bamboo, wood, ivory, and horn). Beijing: Zhongguo meishi quanji bianji weiyuan, 1987.
  
  
• Zhu Jiajin 1. "Yongzheng nian de jiaju zhizao kao" (A Study of the Yongzheng Imperial Furniture Workshops, Part 1). Gugong bowuyuan yuankan 1985:3, pp. 104-111.
  
  
• ______ 2. "Yongzheng nian de jiaju zhizao kao (xu)" (A Study of the Yongzheng Imperial Furniture Workshops, Part 2). Gugong bowuyuan yuankan 1985:4, pp. 79-87.
  
  
• ______. "Random Talks on Chairs and Stools and Methods of Arrangement" (in Chinese). Wenwu 6 (June 1959), pp. 1-7.