A pair of huanghuali yokeback armchairs, Late Ming dynasty 明末 黃花梨四出頭官帽椅一對 each elegantly constructed with a plain S-shaped splat that accentuates the figured pattern of huanghuali, crowned by a yoke with slightly upturned rounded ends, the curved arms supported by S-shaped braces in the middle and posts that continue through the seat rail forming the front and back legs, the legs joined by a footrail and stretchers of ascending heights and decorated with beaded aprons, the front apron carved with a simple angular scroll 59.8 by 53 by h. 116.5 cm