Chinese furniture culture

Author: Hu Wenyan
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: This book attempts to explore the relationship between furniture and various horizontal fields of society—politics, economy, cultural arts, religious beliefs, folk customs, and technological craftsmanship. It examines the role and status of furniture in these areas, the characteristics formed by furniture under the influence of these fields, and the cultural content absorbed by furniture from them.