Chair. Wood, covered with red lacquer and inlaid with mother-of-pearl

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Object Details

Provenance

To 1917

Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]

From 1917 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1092, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Previous custodian or owner

Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

19th century

Period

Qing dynasty

Accession Number

F1917.11

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Furniture and Furnishing

Medium

Lacquer, wood, mother of pearl

Dimensions

H x W x D: 104.8 x 53.5 x 42.6 cm (41 1/4 x 21 1/16 x 16 3/4 in)

Origin

China

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

lacquer

Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

China

Chinese Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3a0be9de6-c2d3-4102-be2a-2bb9b9fdc319

Record ID

fsg_F1917.11