Famille-rose Lamp Shades by Wang and Qiu (1979)
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A pair of famille-rose painted lamp shades on stands By Wang Wenhao and Qiu Fanyu, dated by inscription 1979 the shades 18 cm high each, the stands 13.5 cm high each (4).. Provenance: Tai Sing Co., Hong Kong, 28 January 1984 For the last two decades or so, this pair of lamp shades were housed inside a pair of blackwood lanterns (lot 269) for display. See additional view of the catalogue image.
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- Blackwood - One of the best known and most widely used Australian timbers, blackwood (acacia melanoxylon), is a member of the Acacia (wattle) family and grows in eastern Australia from about Adelaide in South Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland.
The largest, straightest and tallest trees come from the wet forest and swamps of north-west Tasmania where it is grown commercially.
Blackwood timber colours range across a wide spectrum, from a very pale honey colour through to a dark chocolate with streaks of red tinge.
The hardwood timber has been commonly used in the production of furniture, flooring, and musical instruments in Australia from the late 19th century. However, the straight grain timber is not the most prized or valuable, that honour falls to blackwood with a wavy, fiddleback pattern, which is used both in the solid and as a veneer. Fiddleback was only used on the finest examples of furniture.
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