The first time one truly stands before a Ming-style horseshoe-back armchair, a quiet misperception arises. It does not feel like an antique. It feels like a piece of modern design completed several centuries too early. There is no heavy imperial pomp, no crowded carving, none of the mother-of-pearl inlay so often associated with later Qing […]The post Order, character and time preserved in China’s classical furniture appeared first on Asia Times.