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Subject:longyan mu furniture
Posted By: gert schroeder Fri, Apr 17, 2015 IP: 188.194.157.165 Refering to the longyan mu cabinet (Febr.2014) in this forum |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: peter Sun, Apr 26, 2015 Longyan is a tree grown for its fruit, not for its wood, this alone makes it unlikely to be cut down for its wood. |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: kirk Wed, Apr 29, 2015 Valid point. Yes, not very much is known about Longyanmu. A client asked me the other day which species is Longyanmu? & albeit I can usually reel off any number of botanic classifications for the tropical hardwoods, I had to confess I didn't have a clue. None of the typically referenced works on classic period furniture even mention it, including Ecke; Ellsworth; Shixiang; Sickmann; etc, but have seen it used in some extremely early works. We had a 16thC cabinet made of it once, & I know of a pair of, also 16thC, book cabinets that have been BADA vetted & are without doubt very VERY old. (they're with Lennox Cato BTW) I think it is Juglandaceae family, the same family as Walnut & Nanmu, but further than that I just couldn't tell you. |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: Gert Schroeder Thu, May 28, 2015 Sorry for the late response and thanks for your comment. |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: Peter olumbaum Sun, Jun 21, 2015 See October 2004 issue of Arts of Asia (Volume 34 Number 5) page 64. Most imformative article I could find on longyanmu. |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: Gert Schroeder Wed, Jun 24, 2015 Thank you Peter,great hint!I |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: Damien Boyle Fri, Feb 05, 2016 Wd belatedly recommend "Classical and vernacular Chinese furniture in the living environment" (1998 Yungmintang) on the Kai-Yin Lo Collection, which includes 2 longan pieces. Explains the background and narrow timeframe of longan furniture in terms of Fujian's economic history. |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: gert schroeder Sun, Feb 07, 2016 dear damien, |
Subject:Re: longyan mu furniture
Posted By: Susan Thu, Oct 27, 2016 Hi, |
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