Pair of Rootwood Chairs

c. 1900
$28,800 USD SOLD
Dimensions
W: 30.0" D: 30.0" H: 45.0"
Materials
Root
Collection #
T015A
Estimated Shipping
$2,000

Rootwood furniture carried enough prestige and symbolic meaning that Chinese emperor Minghuang (c. 970) was painted for his portrait while sitting in a root chair. Naturally knotted and untamed, rootwood furniture reflected a cultivated taste for nature's peculiar effects and humble associations. This pair of highly collectible gnarled root chairs is joined together with wooden pegs, like a complex puzzle. Their surfaces give them a character only the passage of time can achieve.

Additional Dimensions
Seat height: 17.75"

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