PROPERTY FROM THE RICHARD MILHENDER COLLECTION A Chinese Huanghuali Regency-style armchairCirca 1810 With curved tablet top rail with an oval spiral at each end above a fluted horizontal waisted splat centered by a stylized acanthus roundel, above a caned (cushioned) seat, the scroll arms, side stiles, apron and saber legs with multiple reeding, and the legs conjoined by simple rectangular stretchers; with original cane drop-in seat, numbered in black ink with the Chinese character wu (number 5). 34in (86.4cm) high; 21 1/4in (54cm) wide; 19 1/2in (50cm) deep 1810 年前後 黃花梨英式攝政風格扶手椅 原配藤編座墨書《五》 Provenance: Robert Seaver, New York, NY, 1984 The Richard Milhender Collection, Boston, Massachusetts, 1984-present Exhibited: Peabody Museum, Salem Massachusetts (now the Peabody Essex Museum), Chinese Export Art: Highlights of a Private Collection , 1986-1988 出處： 紐約 Robert Seaver，1984 年 麻州波士頓 Richard Milhender 藏，1984 年至今 展出記錄： 麻州塞勒姆，皮博迪博物館《中國外銷藝術：私人收藏精粹》，1986-1988 See Carl L. Crossman, The China Trade, Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver and other Objects , Princeton, 1972, pp.143-145, pl. 117, for a discussion of the group of Sheraton, Hepplewhite and Empire taste furniture made in Guangzhou (Canton) for the American market and which also includes a fascinating gouache painting of a Guangzhou furniture shop interior depicting craftsmen adding finishing touches to a wide-ranging group of Western style furniture including a saber-legged chair with volute arms. For a pair of English regency ebonized and parcel gilt armchairs with a similar saber-leg form and vigorous volute arms, see , San Francisco, 18 March 2013, lot 1054.