April, 1923 
The usual Pekingese 
chair, with curved back 
showing the chow and 
bat, symbols of long 
life and happiness 
This armchair shows 
an interesting use of 
the bat motif on the 
apron and the simple 
Chinese fret back 
are hung, either on the wall 
back of the household altar 
or on one of the other walls. 
These form the only wall 
decoration but their rare 
beauty shown against the 
plain background, gives a 
note of dignity that might 
well be studied by the west¬ 
ern decorator. 
Reverence for the past, for 
ancestors, and for ancient 
traditions is probably the 
An armchair with 
simple splat back 
on which is the 
hanging musical 
gong device 
(Below) A group 
of unique Chinese 
table and chairs 
with inlays of col¬ 
ored marble 
A side chair made 
from a rare old 
model found in 
the valley of the 
Yangtze 
(Left) An unusual 
Cantonese chair 
with interesting 
treatment in the 
carved back 
dominant quality of the 
Chinese mind. Modes of 
thought continue through 
centuries without modifica¬ 
tion, and ancient rules of 
conduct are followed without 
question. The result is a for¬ 
malism in arrangement of 
Chinese interiors from which 
there is little variation. 
Pairs or multiples of pairs 
always give a peculiarly 
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