BARBARIAN BEDS, The Origin of the Chair in China,
by C P FitzGerald
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Jacket edges have short tears. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barco
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
The Cresset Press, publishers, London - first edition 1965 hardcover, 7¼" x 11½", with dust jacket Jacket edges have short tears. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket The Chinese are the only Asian people who, before modern times, used chairs and raised furniture and did not sit on mats, cushions or carpets. This book enquires into the causes, date and manner in which so remarable a change of habit came about in China at a time when there was no close contact with any people using chairs. Early pictorial and archaeological material is used to illustrate the first use of chairs. This is the first systematic study this nature. Seventeen full-page plates; numerous line drawings in text.
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- Seller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 36422
- Title
- BARBARIAN BEDS, The Origin of the Chair in China,
- Author
- C P FitzGerald
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 7¼" x 11½", with dust jacket
- Book Condition
- Used - Jacket edges have short tears. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barco
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Cresset Press, publishers, London - first edition
- Date Published
- 1965
- Pages
- 86 pages
- Keywords
- Furniture History Chairs China Barbarian Beds C P FitzGerald
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McCrae, Victoria
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