Coffer
20th century (made)
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| Place of origin |
This coffer, or storage cupboard, is considered a 20th-century product. Coffers with two drawers and two doors below the drawers are unknown before this date. The brass fittings are new but the timber shows signs of age. The doors also have wooden pins which are of one piece with the frame of the door panel. This type of construction method is no longer used today. The dismemberment and reconstruction of pieces of furniture has been going on for centuries in China and this coffer is just one of many examples.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Huali wood, brass fittings |
| Brief description | Woo, China, furniture |
| Physical description | Coffer, or storage cupboard, with two drawers and two doors. The brass fittings are later replacements and the whole piece reconstructed from an older piece of furniture. |
| Dimensions |
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| Object history | ******** |
| Production | made using old material |
| Summary | This coffer, or storage cupboard, is considered a 20th-century product. Coffers with two drawers and two doors below the drawers are unknown before this date. The brass fittings are new but the timber shows signs of age. The doors also have wooden pins which are of one piece with the frame of the door panel. This type of construction method is no longer used today. The dismemberment and reconstruction of pieces of furniture has been going on for centuries in China and this coffer is just one of many examples. |
| Bibliographic reference | Craig Clunas 'Chinese Furniture' (V&A Far Eastern Series, 1988) p.**.
For other half of the pair see 'The minor arts of China' Spink & Son Ltd (London, 198*), p.**, 'Chinese Decorative Arts' Sotheby's, (London, 31.10.1986), lot 127, there dated Jiaqing. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | FE.16-1980 |
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| Record created | February 12, 2000 |
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