THE INFLUENCE OF CHINESE CHAIR SPLATS ON EARLY ENGLISH RATTAN CHAIRS IN THE 17TH CENTURY : The 17^<th> Century Rattan Chair Trade (Part 3)

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• This paper examines the early roots that influenced the introduction of the woven rattan chair splat in English furniture from around the 1660s. The objective of this research is to collate evidence of a culture of consistent woven splat use on Chinese chairs in the centuries preceding the introduction of weaved splats and seats into Europe in the 17^<th> century. To achieve this objective, visual sources from Japan that relate to Chinese chair design are employed to supplement a lack of surviving Chinese examples. It is envisaged that this study will contribute towards a better understanding of why, and in what way, rattan was imported from Asia and used in English chairs during this time. A study of the development of chair forms in both England and China demonstrate that it is likely that woven splats on straight chair backs popular in the East were adopted into English chair design prior to the importation of the solid splat in the first decades of the 18^<th> century. Specifically, splats of Chinese origin directly influenced the uptake of rattan and solid splats in European chair manufacture as a result of sustained international trade between the two continents. Different construction techniques however, may be seen as responsible for the delayed uptake of the solid splat from the turn of the 18^<th> century.

• 2011-03-31

著者

• COOKSON Andrew

  Kyushu University

• ISHIMURA Shinnichi

  Kyushu University

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