CHINESE INTERIORS Flashcards
(9 cards)
necessary for tranquility, contemplation and ventilation
INTERIOR COURTS
CHINESE CHAIRS
- quanyi chair
- rose chair
- chinese yoke back chair
- luo han chair
CHINESE BED/BENCH
- kui dragon or couch bed (incurved feet)
- recessed leg bench (song dynasty)
- canopy bed
CHINESE TABLE
- kang table (coffee table)
- incense table
- drum stool/table
Chinese folding screen coated in black or dark lacquer, named so because they used to be
gathered into shipments with other Chinese arts and crafts bound for europe at ports along Coromandel Coast in
south- eastern India Usually symbolical with wishes of health, wealth and long life
Coromandel screens
A large Chinese elm cabinet, 20th century the rectangular cabinet with two central doors above two drawers, with carved detailing, circular paktong lock plate, raised on square block legs
WEDDING CABINET
has drawers to store medicinal herbs
APOTHECARY CABINET
has slotted doors to allow ventilation for food. Some have storage underneath for live fowls and
other animals.
KITCHEN CABINET
This cabinet is of great simplicity, in red lacquer, with
brass hardware providing the only element of
ornament
ROUND EDGED CABINET
