A PAIR OF HUANGHUALI BAMBOO-STYLE SQUARE STOOLS,FANGDENG17th centuryEach with a square frame enclosing a hard-mat seat with double-reeded aprons wrappingpletely around the exterior of the piece to simulate bamboo, the wrap-around stretchers joined to the apron by three rectangular struts on each side, all supported on four legs of round section.50.8cm (20in) high x 48.5cm (19 1/8in) wide x 48.5cm (19 1/8in) deepFor further information on this lot please visit theProvenance: 十七世紀 黃花梨無束腰直足裹腿直棖加矮老圓包圓方凳一對Provenance:William Hipton Ltd., New York, acquired in 2 March 1989來源：紐約William Hipton藝廊，購於1989年3月2日According to the Chinese classical furniture scholar Wang Shixiang in the bookConnoisseur of Chinese Furniture (Beijing, 2018, p.25), the technique of having aprons wrappingpletely around the exterior of the piece showcases the advanced engineering that escalates the minimalist aesthetics.pare with two Ming dynasty huanghuali square stools, illustrated inibid., pl.9, 11, p.24-25.圓材直足直棖，每邊上下橫棖中裝有兩支矮老，無束腰，裹腿做，椅盤垛邊做，編軟屜，為一例受竹製傢俱影響的造法。此拍品邊緣采用了「垛邊」，造法來增加外觀的厚度，所謂的「垛邊」，即沿著邊抹的邊緣加一條木材。王世襄在《明式家具研究》書（北京，2018年）中第25頁提出，此類杌凳的棖子如是裹腿做的，乃屬於比較考究的造法。參考兩張同樣采用了無束腰直足裹腿做法的方凳，見前書，圖版甲9、甲11，頁24-25。