Chinese huanghuali furniture, named for the imported, golden-hued hardwood from which it was made, was designed to encourage peaceful contemplation. Scholars and gentlemen of the 16th and 17th centuries used the simply decorated, unpainted and unstained furnishings to foster the mind-set needed for writing poetry and considering lofty ideas
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