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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gckimm, post: 9727947, member: 83519&quot;]I am by no means an expert on Chinese or Chinese-style furniture.&nbsp; But I have studied the history of the Chinese in America and I have personal experience as the descendant of pioneer Chinese immigrants who came to CA from the middle of the 19th century to the last quarter of the 19th century.&nbsp; I have seen a lot of furniture used by Chinese immigrants from this period, both in person and in photographs. For a number of reasons, this particular piece does not strike me as something created by one of the early immigrants. First, there were not many skilled furniture makers or artists who came from China during this time; most of the men came from poor farming families and worked as unskilled laborers, as you indicate. Second, if Chinese were too poor to buy furniture and had no choice but to make their own, I think the furniture would be more simple, that is, without the adornment pictured. Third, the brightly-colored design itself is not at all traditional and seems too contemporary for something coming from this period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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