Rectangular Stool
CultureChinese
Datelate 17th-early 18th century
MediumHuanghuali wood and brocade
DimensionsOverall: 29 × 24 3/4 × 20 3/4 inches (73.66 × 62.87 × 52.71 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number46-76
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DescriptionA large huanghuali rectangular round-legged stool of a design derived from bamboo manufacture with a seat form constructed from one piece, the lower section of the same radius. The frame is drilled for soft-seat construction, but now with a hard-matting seat and traces of the clay and lacquer undercoating. The round section legs are double-lock mortise and tenoned into the frame and splay slightly in both elevations. They are joined by low "wrap-around" stretchers each at the same height and with an inner frame with each side made in eight sections with the outer frame pegged to the inside edge of the legs with the inner pinned to the outer. Late 17th early 18th century, probably Kangxi Period.
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