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Petite Chinese Quarter Moon Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With rustic texture and simplicity of form, this petite 19th-century stool is a timeless example of casual seating in rural China. Crafted of northern elm (yumu) with mortise-and-ten...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Charred Chinese Kitchen Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This humble stool from the mid-19th century balances simplicity of form with the inimitable beauty of a timeworn patina. The low stool is crafted of elm with traditional mortise-and-...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Early 20th Century Senufo Gbag Turtle Bed
By Senufo
Located in Chicago, IL
Abstract and sculptural, the wooden forms of the Senufo people of Cote d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso are imbued with unique personality that reveal the hand of the maker. This large wood...
Category
Early 20th Century Ivorian Tribal Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Materials
Wood
Chinese Mushroom Chopping Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite 19th-century stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and fantastic, wabi-sabi texture. As evidenced by the many blade marks on the top, the stoo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Early 20th Century Blue Painted Farmhouse Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
The painted exterior of this provincial farmhouse bench has weathered gradually from years of use to achieve the ultimate rustic finish. Once a vibrant, robin’s egg blue, the milk pa...
Category
Early 20th Century American Rustic Painted Furniture
Materials
Pine
Chinese Iron Star Chopping Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the turn of the century, this provincial stool would have been used throughout a courtyard home as versatile everyday seating. Deceptively simple, the wooden stool is design...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Four Leg Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic wooden stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its compact scale and timeworn texture. Crafted with mortise-and-tenon joinery methods, the stool features a round s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Slatted Back Bench, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming bench from the early 20th century comfortably seats three and combines the proportions of Western furniture with the decorative opulence of Qing-dynasty designs. Crafte...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Spindleback Rose Chairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of elegant low-back armchairs date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911), designed with spindle-back frames and clean-lined silhouettes. Known as a rose chair (meiguiyi) or ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Rootwood Side Table
Located in Chicago, IL
The organic form of this rootwood side table would have appealed to the refined tastes of Ming and Qing dynasty literati, who favored natural formations with sinuous contours and wil...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Stools
Materials
Wood
Provincial Chinese Kitchen Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and wabi-sabi texture. Likely cobbled together from spare wood, the stool's splayed leg form celeb...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Primitive Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Orchid Flower Splayed Leg Bench, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant bench from China's Shanxi province follows the classic recessed-leg form, defined by legs that are inset from the top edge and slightly splayed for stability. Crafted of...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Elm
Sculptural 19th Century Horn Chair with Footstool
Located in Chicago, IL
A sculptural armchair and matching footstool from the late 19th century, artfully assembled from the curving forms of American cattle horns. At once delicate and dramatic, the chair ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Folk Art Chairs
Materials
Horn, Wool, Wood
Chinese Iron Star Chopping Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the turn of the century, this provincial stool would have been used throughout a courtyard home as versatile everyday seating. Deceptively simple, the wooden stool is design...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Petite Chinese Tall Back Porch Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual for its small scale, this 19th-century tall back chair is a diminutive update on the classic yoke-back armchair popular since the Song dynasty. The traditional seat is also r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Reed, Elm
Pair of Chinese Chrysanthemum Lady's Chair, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming lady's chair dates to the early 19th century and is an armless variation on the classic Chinese 'southern official's hat chair.' The side chair is crafted of elm (yumu)...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Side Chairs
Materials
Elm
Chinese Full Moon Chopping Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century tri-leg stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and timeworn texture. Crafted of elm with mortise-and-tenon joinery, the robust stool stan...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Jean-Michel Frank Style Angled Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
A cushioned armchair in the style of Mid-Century Modern, recently updated by Chicago design firm Yung Atelier with cotton blend upholstery in a ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Oak
Provincial Chinese Full Moon Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this early 20th century stool from Shanxi province shows off the ingenious joinery methods used by traditional Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Jean-Michel Frank Style Angled Armchair
Located in Chicago, IL
A cushioned armchair in the style of Mid-Century Modern, recently updated by Chicago design firm Yung Atelier with cotton blend upholstery in a ne...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Armchairs
Materials
Cotton, Oak
Chinese Ruyi Scroll Bench, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With no stretchers or spandrels, this low table flows like a ribbon, rounding the bend to form waterfall legs with openwork carvings. Known as a scroll table, this kind of low table ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Reeded Leg Square Stools, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
More portable than heavy chairs, stools have been a favored form of seating in Chinese culture for centuries and were used indoors and out at mealtimes and during social gatherings. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing End Tables
Materials
Elm, Walnut
Chinese Splayed Leg Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This low, four-leg stool is actually a headrest used atop a daybed or mat to support the head while sleeping, reclining, or smoking opium. As an opium accessory, rigid headrests such as this allowed an inebriated smoker to to more comfortably lie on their side and maintain a view of their opium lamp. This example recreates traditional forms with a splayed leg...
Category
20th Century Chinese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Wood
Primitive Hewn Log Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
With freeform shape and incredible texture, this low courtyard bench from Shandong province embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy that beauty and integrity can be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Benches
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Provincial Chinese Horse Trough Bench, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A celebration of wabi-sabi, this rustic elmwood bench from the late 19th century originated as a raised trough in a Qing-dynasty horse stable. At some point in its long life, the far...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Benches
Materials
Elm
Pair of Regency Style Armchairs in Powder Blue Velvet, c. 1950s
Located in Chicago, IL
A whimsical pair of 1950s wingback armchairs in the Regency style, recently updated by Chicago design firm Yung Atelier with cotton velvet upholst...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Regency Armchairs
Materials
Oak, Velvet
Chinese Red Crackle Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This low, four-leg stool is actually a headrest used atop a daybed or mat to support the head while sleeping, reclining, or smoking opium. As an opium accessory, rigid headrests such...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
"Social Climber" Lucite Step Stool by Dragonette Private Label
By Dragonette Private Label
Located in Chicago, IL
A three-step stool of clear lucite with a modern design attributed to Dragonette Private Label of Palm Desert, CA. Clean-lined and translucent, the stool is ideal in minimalist inter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Modern Footstools
Materials
Lucite
Pair of Chinese Bentwood Chrysanthemum Armchairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of provincial 19th century armchairs from Shanxi province offers an unusual play on traditional forms. The chairs are designed in a classical style known as a "yoke-back ch...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Elm
Chinese Longevity Luohan Daybed with Woven Top, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This large luohan daybed anchors its surroundings with its monumental scale and bold, decorative carvings. Known as a luohan chuang, or couch bed, this form of low-backed daybed emer...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Daybeds
Materials
Rattan, Elm
Chinese Iron Clad Two Person Bench, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century bench is designed in a traditional style that dates back as far as the Song dynasty (690 to 1279 CE). The corner leg benches have floating panel tops, straight...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Walnut Spindleback Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This walnut chair from the early 20th-century owes its graceful design to the styles and techniques that emerged during the Ming dynasty, the golden age of Chinese furniture design. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Round Leg Courtyard Bench, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century elmwood bench would have originally resided in the courtyard of a Qing-dynasty home to provide much-needed outdoor seating on hot summer days. The bench is de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Elm
Chinese Round Leg Courtyard Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese courtyard stool dates to the mid-19th century and has a classic splayed leg design with round legs and a rectangular seat. The stool is crafted of northern elmwood (yumu...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Vietnamese Deco Burl Armchair, c. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
This Vietnamese Deco armchair is characterized by clean lines and smooth contours. Dated to the 1940s, the armchair is designed in the timeless style of the Art Deco period, when tra...
Category
Mid-20th Century Vietnamese Art Deco Armchairs
Materials
Burl, Teak
Tobacco Brown Reclaimed Elm Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of wood reclaimed from 18th-century Chinese buildings, this contemporary three-leg stool is the epitome of farmhouse modern. Embracing the notion of “wabi-sabi,” the large st...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Stools
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Pair of Italian Art Deco Slipper Chairs with Macassar Ebony Veneer
Located in Chicago, IL
This lovely pair of Art Deco side chairs perfectly embodies the timeless appeal of Deco period furniture. Ideal in a bedroom or parlor, the chairs have a modern silhouette of round u...
Category
Vintage 1930s Italian Art Deco Side Chairs
Materials
Silk, Wood, Ebony
Provincial Chinese Splayed Leg Bench with Dovetail Joinery
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic bench from China's Shanxi province follows the classic recessed-leg form, defined by legs that are set back from the top edge and slightly splayed for stability. Popular ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Benches
Materials
Pine
Chinese Bentwood Roundback Armchair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favor of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditio...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Interlocking Stone Drum Tables
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as these were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed the...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Hardwood Drum Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
The stool is a central fixture of Chinese furniture culture. Found in a variety of materials and forms, the stool transcends class lines, as much at home in the provincial courtyard ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Hardwood Drum Stools
Located in Chicago, IL
The stool is a central fixture of Chinese furniture culture. Found in a variety of materials and forms, the stool transcends class lines, as much at home in the provincial courtyard ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Hardwood Drum Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
The stool is a central fixture of Chinese furniture culture. Found in a variety of materials and forms, the stool transcends class lines, as much at home in the provincial courtyard ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Wood
Chinese Melon Stone Drum
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern End Tables
Materials
Limestone
Modern Tufted Leather Sofa
Located in Chicago, IL
This statement leather sofa reinvents MCM designs with fine materials and a neutral palette. The low sofa is upholstered in a lush Napa leather with pale taupe color and a wonderfull...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Mid-Century Modern Sofas
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chinese Interlocking Stone Drum Table
Located in Chicago, IL
Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, gathered for discussion and, in general, developed thei...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Side Tables
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Red Lacquer Official's Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The defining characteristic of a Chinese Officials Chair is the way that the back crest rail turns continuously into the back posts. Our artisan...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Red Lacquer Drum Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This low drum stool was hand-carved from solid wood by Qing dynasty artisans over two centuries ago. Drum-form stools such as this were traditionally used in gardens and outdoor pavilions where upper class scholars read, wrote, discussed antiques and art...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Wood
African Luba Caryatid Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This stool by the Luba people of Zaire is indicative of their classic style. A single tree trunk was carved into a column, then further taken in until the robust figure of a woman ap...
Category
Mid-20th Century Congolese Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Tall Provincial Chinese Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial stool is artisan-crafted in the style of traditional Chinese courtyard stools typically used throughout a Qing dynasty home as versatile everyday seating. Made of rec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Tall Provincial Chinese Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial stool is artisan-crafted in the style of traditional Chinese courtyard stools typically used throughout a Qing dynasty home as versatile everyday seating. Made of rec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Pair of Tall Provincial Chinese Stools
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial stool is artisan-crafted in the style of traditional Chinese courtyard stools typically used throughout a Qing dynasty home as versatile everyday seating. Made of rec...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Ashanti Fawohodie Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
Stools indicated power, status, and lines of succession in traditional Ashanti culture. The tiered platform, curved seat, and ridged supports on this object reference the Ashanti Kin...
Category
20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Stools
Materials
Wood
Pair of Vintage Pearsall Chairs with Laser-Cut Butterflies on Hide
By Adrian Pearsall
Located in Chicago, IL
American designer Adrian Pearsall is renowned for his trademark “Atomic Age” look that made his furniture all the rage in the 1950s and 1960s, and a sought-after collectible today. We took the chair in a new direction...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Side Chairs
Materials
Hide, Walnut
Chinese Pair of Fine Yoke Back Armchairs with Bamboo Carvings, circa 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
With exemplary proportions, fine carvings, and soft, fluid lines, this pair of early 19th century armchairs are among the most elegant in our collection. The chairs are designed in a...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Italian Painted Dining Chair, C. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This upholstered dining chair wonderfully recreates the delicate, feminine seating of 17th and 18th century European furniture, designed in the style of Venetian Rococo and Louis XV....
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Italian Louis XV Chairs
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Chinese Lucky Eight Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The traditional squared lines of Ming furniture are given a distinctive curved flair in this late 19th century Provincial stool. A narrow seat is supported by four splayed legs that flare outwards with a natural bend. Resembling the Chinese character for the lucky number...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Porch Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this rustic stool from the early 20th century shows off the ingenious joinery methods traditionally used by Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs are...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Courtyard Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
More portable than chairs, stools were a versatile seating option for Qing-dynasty scholars, nobles, and peasants alike. This Provincial stool dates to the turn of the century and wo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Pine
"En Pointe" Round Stool with Cane Seat, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The distinctive, feathery grain of jichimu, or "chicken-wing wood," sets this woven top oval stool apart. Clearly influenced by Western design, this petite C...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Stools
Materials
Hardwood, Reed
