Chair

Title
Chair
Year/Period
Late 19th-early 20th centuries
Region
China
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: H102 x W67 x D53 cm
Accession No.
1997-04807

This blackwood chair was the type of furniture that was found in the homes of rich Peranakans at the turn of the century in Penang. They display fine wood-working skills and decorations in the form inlaid mother-of-pearl. Even though they are distinctively Peranakan, furniture such as this, was specially made to order in China.