Live Auction 4215Christie's Interiors - Style & Spirit
A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS MOUNTED HUALI BUREAU
Lot 364

A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS MOUNTED HUALI BUREAU

MID-18TH CENTURY

Closed7 February 2012

Price Realised

GBP 2,500

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A CHINESE-EXPORT BRASS MOUNTED HUALI BUREAU
MID-18TH CENTURY
THE FALL-FRONT ENCLOSING AN ARRANGEMENT OF DRAWERS AND PIGEON HOLES, ABOVE FOUR GRADUATED LONG DRAWERS ON BRACKET FEET WITH BRASS CASTORS, WITH SIDE CARRYING HANDLES, SOME CHINESE CHARACTER MARKS
41½ IN. (105 CM.) HIGH; 41¾ IN. (106 CM.) WIDE; 22¼ IN. (56.5 CM.) DEEP

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THE HANDSOME BUREAU OF FINE-FIGURED AND ROSE-COLOURED ASIAN HUALI
IS CONCEIVED IN THE GEORGE II 'MODERN' FASHION FEATURED IN B. LANGLEY'S, 'CITY AND COUNTRY BUILDER'S AND WORKMAN'S TREASURY OF DESIGNS', 1740. SUCH CHINESE PADOUK FURNISHINGS WERE HIGHLY PRIZED IN THE DRESSING AND RECEPTION ROOMS OF FASHIONABLE BEDROOM APARTMENTS, WHICH WERE DECORATED WITH CHINESE SILKS AND PAPERS AS WELL AS WITH CHINA-EQUIPPED TEA-TABLES.