PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Part One: AN INTRODUCTION 1. Chinoiserie and Chinesism 2. Some Points of Chinese Furniture System 3. Dawn: Thomas Chippendale and his Chinese Chair Part Two: CHINESE CHAIR AND CHINESISM IN MODERN CHAIR DESIGN 1. Background Study I: Chinese Lacquer Furniture and Its Arrival in the West 2. Background Study II: Chinese Hardwood Furniture and Its Arrival in the West 3. Chinese Frame Chair and Its Modernism 4. Chinese Round Chair and Its Modernism 5.

Chinese Folding Chair and Its Modernism 6. About Chinese Stool 7. Background Study III: Chinese Bamboo Furniture and Its Arrival in the West 8. Background Study IV: Chinese Cane Furniture and Its Arrival in the West 9. Chinese Bamboo-Cane Chair and Its Modernism 10. Background Study V: Chinese Rustic Furniture and Its Inspiration in the West 11. Chinese Rustic Chair and Its Modernism 12. Background Study VI: Chinese Furniture and Erotic Art 13.

Chinese Chaise Longue and Its Modernism Part Three: CONCLUSION --- WHAT CHAIRS MEAN? 1. Chinese Culture: Other Part of Human Knowledge 2. Chinese Chair and Modern Chair: Some Rethinkings 3. Conclusions for this Research Appendix: New Chinese Chair: East-West Collection Notes Bibliography.