TY  - GEN
AU  - Meng, Ho Wing
TI  - Straits Chinese furniture a collectors guide
SN  - 9789812325396
U1  - 749 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Singapore
PB  - Times Books International
N1  - CONTENTS
Acknowledgements 7 
Prologue 11
chapter one
What is Straits Chinese Furniture? 17
The so-called 'Portuguese' furniture 19 
Towards a definition of Straits Chinese furniture 22
chapter two 
Blackwood/Rosewood Furniture 31
The style of Qing period blackzvood furniture 34
The Chinese art of joinery 37 
Blackwood furniture in Straits Chinese taste 42 
Repertory of traditional blackwood/rosewood furniture 48
Chain • StooL • Settee,' and couched * Opium bedd • Tea tabled • Semi-circular tabled * Attar tabled * Square tabled • Mother-of-pearl
chapter three 
Namwood Red-and-Gold Furniture 69
Namwood 70 
Teakwood 72 
Juivood 72 
Gilding 73 
Design and workmanship 77 
Dating based on ornamentation 79 
Types of carvings 80
The meanings and themes of the carvings 82 
Repertory of namwood furniture 85
Chaird * The wedding footdtoold • Tabled • Sain kai altar tabled • Bridal tabled • Ancedtor and deity tabled • Setteed • Opium bedd • The wedding bed
Wedding cabinetd • Break-front eabinetd • MucelLaneoud itemd
chapter four
English-style Teakwood Furniture 113
Characteristic features of teakwood furniture 119 
Structural modifications 119 
Ornamental modifications 124 
Partial gilding 129 
The era of teak 131 
European styles and techniques of furniture construction 134
Varnishes 138
Repertory of teakwood furniture in English/European styles 140
Chain) • Tabled • Regency-dlyle tabled * Condole tabled • Tea tabled • Dining tabled • Bureatld and writing tabled • Cabinet' • Display cabinet' • Wardrobed
 Sideboardd • ATiocellaneoud ilenid
chapter five 
Patina and the Dating of Old Furniture 167
Dating 171
Notes 178 
Glossary 182 
Bibliography 186
 Index 187


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