Collapsible Bookstand | Yale University Art Gallery

17th–18th century

Medium: Hongmu (Chinese Rosewood) with brass mounts, the top rail ends carved as dragon heads and scrolling clouds
Dimensions: 18 3/4 × 18 7/8 in. (47.6 × 47.9 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth in memory of his mother
Accession Number: 1991.94.1
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Ming dynasty (1368–1644) or Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Classification: Furniture
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Provenance

Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (1929–2014), New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1991

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