Wood Jiali Chair

Dark joinery lines trace the seat like a tidy picture frame.

This jiali chair dates to the 20th century. It is sand blasted elm wood. Collectors generally weigh aesthetics, age, condition, design, origin and provenance when judging antique furniture, though the article argues that scarcity ends up with the greatest influence on value. Brown chair with a curving top rail ending in neat nubs. The seat is a recessed panel with visible mitred borders, and the legs show open, ridged grain. A slim stretcher spans the sides above a heavier lower rail. It is 22.5 inches long, 17.5 deep and 30 high.

Understated structure, built to be taken seriously.