Wood Jiali Chair

Curved arms sweep up and out like a pair of raised eyebrows.

This jiali chair dates to the 20th century. It is sand blasted elm wood. Tibetans were traditionally semi-nomadic and owned few personal furnishings, so most Tibetan furniture stood in monasteries, and some of it was carted over the Himalayas to India as monasteries were destroyed. Rounded crest rail rises from the seat and finishes in flared hook ends. The central splat is a narrow plank of light grain, and the framed seat sits over a cut-out apron and four slim stretchers. Golden-brown tone throughout. It is 22.5 inches long, 17.5 deep and 30 high.

A neat bit of woodwork that sits up straight.