Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Summer 1991 ( Volume 1, Number 3)
Renaissance, CA: Classical Chinese Furniture Society, 1991. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration on front. 72 pp. Color and BW figures.
Furniture - Asian
Journal of the Classical Chinese Furniture Society, Winter 1991 ( Volume 1, Number 4)
Renaissance, CA: Classical Chinese Furniture Society, 1991. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration on front. 72 pp. Color and BW figures.
Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1996. Softcover. White & illus. wraps, 158 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition of more than 30 pieces of Chinese furniture. Essays: Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China / Craig Clunas -- Wood Shaped and Standing through the...
Friends of the House: Furniture from China's Towns and Villages
Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, 1995. Volume 131 Number 2. Softcover. Grey illus. wraps with maroon and black lettering; 133 pp.; with illustrations of 46 catalogue entries. With essays by the authors and thorough descriptions of each work.
Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Boston, Massachusetts: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996. Softcover. Beige cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 158 pp., BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996 exhibition of more than 30 pieces of Chinese furniture. Essays: Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China / Craig Clunas --...
Inspired by China: Contemporary Furnituremakers Explore Chinese Traditions
Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, October 2007. Softbound. Black glossy pictorial wraps, 160pp, 68 color plates with numerous other color and BW images. From the foreword: In organizing [the exhibit]...the Peabody Essex Museum embarked on a multifaceted project based on the concept of cross-cultural exchange as a transformative experience. Twenty-two...
Chinese Furniture
Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International, 1979. First. Hardcover. Green cloth; Color pictorial dj.; 199 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Translated by Katherine Watson; Includes rosewood, lacquered, enameled, and porcelain Chinese furniture in both photos and drawings; Contains a list of recent (at the time of publishing) winning auction bids;...
The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Fine and Important Classical Chinese Furniture (Christie's Sale 1188)
New York: Christie's, 2002. Hardcover. Tan cloth. White and red illustrated dust jacket. 141 pp. Color plates. Includes price list. September 2002 auction catalogue featuring 68 lots collected by S.Y. Yip, including 16th and 17th century and Ming and Qing furniture.
The Dr. S.Y. Yip Collection of Fine and Important Classical Chinese Furniture (Christie's Sale 1188)
New York: Christie's, 2002. Hardcover. Tan cloth. White and red illustrated dust jacket. 141 pp. Color plates. Includes price list. September 2002 auction catalogue featuring 68 lots collected by S.Y. Yip, including 16th and 17th century and Ming and Qing furniture.
Important Chinese Furniture, Formerly the Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture Collection (Christie's Sale 8468)
NY: Christie's, 1996. Hardcover. Grey cloth. Black illustrated dust jacket. 226 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. In English and Chinese. Includes price list. September 1996 auction catalogue featuring 107 lots from The Museum of Classical Chinese Furniture, 1990-1996. The California museum concentrated on Ming-style furniture of the 16th, 17th, and...
Chinese Domestic Furniture
Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1971. Third printing. Hardcover. Brown silk-covered boards with gilt lettering, and marbled end papers. Glossy tan dust jacket with illustration and black and white text. Cardboard slipcase with brown illustration and lettering on orange paper. 49 pp. 161 pages of BW illustrations. Focuses on...
Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties
New York, New York: Random House. Hardcover. Slipcase covered with off-white cloth and color pictorial paper; Olive green cloth with gilt titling and decoration; Color pictorial endpapers; 299 pp.; Over 200 figures, mostly bw but some color. An in-depth guide to hardwood furniture of the Ming and early Ch'ing dynasties...
Barbarian Beds: The Origin of the Chair in China
London: Cresset Press, 1965. First. Hardbound. Red boards with green and white DJ, xvii, [4], 83pp, 17 BW plates and 8 illustrations within the text. A very useful history on the origins of the chair in China. An excellent reference, it includes comprehensive notes and references to Chinese texts as...
Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1999. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering, color-photographic dust jacekt with brown lettering. Black and brown hardshell slipcase with matching color photograph. 247 pp. Mainly color illustrations. "Produced in conjunction with the symposium Classical Chinese furniture and the built environment, The Minneapolis Institute...
Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum
Salem: Peabody Essex Museum, 2001. Hardcover. Black cloth, black ill. DJ. 416 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Exploration of colonial Indian furniture. Sections on background, British response to Indian methods, sources, trade, and other evocative topics. Includes article about exhibit and a pamphlet.
Wooden Wonders: Tibetan Furniture in Secular and Religious Life
Chicago: Serindia Publications, Inc., 2004. Hardcover. Bordeaux cloth with gilt lettering. White dj with color illus.; copper/black lettering on white spine. 359 pp. with 148 color plates and numerous color and bw figures. Catalogue to accompany the exhibition held in Pasadena, California at the Pacific Asia Museum, November 2004 to...
Catalogue of the Collection of Chinese Lacquer by Sammy Y. Lee
Edinburgh: The Royal Scottish Museum, 1964. Softcover. Orange wraps with black lettering and white illustration. 15 pages, 25 leaves of BW plates. Catalogue of an exhibition at The Royal Scottish Museum in 1964. Contains blank pages at the end for note taking. Two letters from museum staff member to previous...
Lacquer: Oriental and Western, Ancient and Modern
New York, NY: The Cooper Union Museum For The Arts of Decoration, 1951. Softcover. Off-white stapled wraps; 15 pp.; 8 bw figures.
The Hung Collection: A Selection of Important Chinese Furniture
Hong Kong: Sotheby's, 2014. Softcover. White & wood-grained-like wraps, 88 pp, color illus. Majority of text is in England, with essay and titles also in Chinese. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 auction of 14 lots of wooden Chinese furniture. With an essay by Lark Mason. Includes a chronology of Chinese dynasties. Nice!
Strait's Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide
Singapore: Times Books, 2003. Hardcover. Red boards with gilt stamped lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 187 pp. Color illustrations. Previously published in 1994. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Zhongguo gu dai xiu qi jia ju : shi zhi shi ba shi ji zheng ju de yan jiu [Lacquered Chinese furniture: research based on examples from the 10-18th centuries]
Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 2012. Hardcover. Navy blue boards, 357 pp., color illus., one fold-out. Majority of the text is in Chinese, with bibliography (all or part) also in English. Considers an inventory of examples of Chinese lacquered furniture. With several narrative essays. The checklist cites 587 pieces...
The Chair in China
Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, 1952. Softcover. Light green paper wraps. ix, 49 pp. 30 bw plates. An analysis of chairs from early civilization to the Ch'ing dynasty, based on the author's master's thesis. The narrative is enhanced by 30 BW examples of the pieces. Uncommon.
The Extraordinary in the Ordinary: Chairs for Viewing the World through Time
Hong Kong: Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, 2014. Hardcover. Gray boards, light gray & decorated dust jacket, 479 pp., color & BW illus. Text is in English and Chinese. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition exploring the history of...
Japanese Folding Screens
nd. Softcover. Black ill. wraps. 116 pp. Profuse color plates. Price list laid in. Text in Japanese and English.
Classic Chinese Furniture: Ming and Early Qing Dynasties
San Francisco: China Books & Periodicals, Inc., 1986. Hardcover. Brown satin boards with stamped design and gilt lettering on spine. Beige dust jacket with color-illustration and lettering in pink and blue. 327 pp. 332 color and 187 BW plates. "The products of China's golden age of cabinetmaking, the Ming and...