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Pair of 19th Century Chinese Yoke Back Chairs
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pair of Chinese yoke back or scholar chairs made in Chinese elmwood.
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Yoke Back Official's Hat Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dramatic pair of Chinese yoke back official's hat chairs featuring a Shuangxi emblem on the
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chairs
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Pair of Yoke Back Chinese Slipper Chairs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Unique pair of Chinese yoke back slipper chairs.
Category
20th Century Chinese Slipper Chairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of 18th Century Qing Dynasty Yoke-back Chinese Elm chairs
Located in London, Charterhouse Square
A pair of large elm Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) yoke back chairs, with bespoke cushions made from
Category
Antique 18th Century Chinese Chairs
Materials
Elm
19th Century Black Lacquered Elm Chinese Officials Hat Yoke Back chair
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
traditional Chinese motif decorate the back splat of the chair, with graceful serpentine-like curves adorning
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Chairs
Materials
Elm
Chinoiserie Horseshoe Yoke Back Black Lacquer Chair Ming Style Legs Made China
Located in Topeka, KS
Stunning vintage Chinoiserie style horseshoe Yoke back black chair with Ming style legs and
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Lounge Chairs
Materials
Stone
H 33.5 in W 28.5 in D 28 in
A Pair of Lacquered Chinese Northern Elm Yoke Back ‘Officials Hat’ Chairs
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
A Pair of early 20th Century Chinese Elm Yoke Back Officials Hat Chairs
These elegantly crafted
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Side Chairs
Materials
Elm
H 46 in W 18.25 in D 19.63 in
Vintage Chinoiserie Yoke Back Scholar Chair
Located in W Allenhurst, NJ
Chinese Yoke back scholar chair. Classic style with cane seat. Wonderful coloring and lines.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Side Chairs
Materials
Cane, Elm
Pair of Yoke Back Elm Armchairs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of yoke back elm armchairs, circa 1880-1900, China.
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Chairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Blue Painted Elm Yoke Back Officials Hat Chairs
Located in Asheville, NC
Beautiful tall pale blue chairs made for tall hat officials. Yolk back detail at top.
Good luck
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chairs
Materials
Elm
Qing Dynasty Yoke Back Official Hat Armchair
Located in Allerum, SE
fine and unusually large single Qing dynasty (1644-1912) Yoke back official hat armchair. circa
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Wood
Near Pair of Qing Dynasty 19th Century Yoke High Back Decorative Chairs
Located in Yonkers, NY
A near pair of Qing Dynasty period yoke high back chairs from the 19th century, with carved aprons
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Side Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Ming Dynasty Style Yoke Back Side Chairs with Woven Rattan Seats
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese Ming dynasty style yoke back side chairs from the early 20th century with woven
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Side Chairs
Materials
Rattan, Wood
H 37.75 in W 20 in D 16.5 in
Pair of High Back Chinese Chairs Ming Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Pair of Yoke high back Chinese chairs in Ming style.
Could be used as side chairs or dining chairs
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Corner Chairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Hardwood Yoke-Back Chairs
Located in Nantucket, MA
A pair of Chinese hardwood yoke-back chairs (Qing Dynasty) with carved back and tenon seat.
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Elm Yoke Back Officials Hat Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Highly carved pair of Chinese elm yoke back officials hat chairs. Featuring a decorative back splat
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Good Pair Of 19th Century Chinese Yoke Back Scholars Chairs
Located in London, GB
A good pair of XIX Century Chinese yoke back elm scholars chairs of great colour and patina. Qing
Category
Antique 1880s Chinese Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Set of Eight Vintage MCM Chinese Dining Room Chairs in Ming Style
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Set of eight Yoke high back Chinese dining room chairs in Ming style.
Handcrafted vintage Mid
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Elm
Later 20th Century Chinese Blonde Wood Official's Hat or Yoke Back Chairs, Pair
Located in Austin, TX
A stunning pair of 20th century Chinese yoke back armchairs crafted of cypress, baimu.
The chairs
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Armchairs
Materials
Cypress
H 44.5 in W 26 in D 21.5 in
Vintage Chinese Elm Wood Ming Yoke Back Lacquered Asian Scholars Arm Chair
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Elm Wood Ming Yoke Back Lacquered Asian Scholars Arm Chair. Believed to be Circa
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of mid 19th century carved elm Chinese yoke back armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality pair of Chinese yoke back armchairs circa 1860.
These chairs would have been
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Qing Dynasty 19th Century Yoke Back Armchairs with Rattan Seats
Located in Yonkers, NY
A pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty period yoke-back chairs from the 19th century, made from natural
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Wood, Rattan
H 46.5 in W 22.5 in D 17.5 in
Pair of Antique Chinese Yoke Back Chairs
Located in Hudson, NY
Pair of 19th century Chinese Yokeback, Official Hat's or "Lamp Hanger" chairs. Beautiful aged
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Yoke-Back Painted Wood Side Chairs
Located in Savannah, GA
Pair of classically inspired Chinese yoke-back chairs with age-gentled grey patina. Wonderfully
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chairs
Mid-Century Modern Yoke Back Chair
Located in Hudson, NY
Highly unusual and decorative. Reminiscent of a Chinese yoke back chair but in a Mid-Century Modern
Category
Vintage 1960s Mid-Century Modern Chairs
Materials
Cane, Walnut
Pair of Antique Chinese Yoke-Back Side Chairs
Located in By Appointment Only, Ontario
A pair of 19th century Chinese elmwood and willow bentwood chairs.
19th century, Northern China.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chairs
Materials
Elm, Willow
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Yoke Back Lacquer Chairs
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Slender and Graceful Beautiful Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Black Lacquer Yoke Back Chairs.
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinese Chippendale Chairs
Materials
Rosewood, Lacquer
Antique Chinese Yoke Back Chair with Patinated Wood, Horse Shoe Shape
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration an antique circa 1800s yoke back chair. Handmade in China. Horse shoe shape
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Chinese Export Armchairs
Materials
Wood
Elegant Antique Chinese Yoke-Back Side Chair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
reason, the chair has occasionally also been known as a "meditation chair"). A pair of Chinese yoke-back
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Hardwood Yoke-Back Arm Chair
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese hardwood yoke-back arm chair of 'four-corners exposed' form, with shaped crest rail above
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Qing Dynasty Chinese Yoke back Officials Hat Chairs
Located in Nashville, TN
This is a very handsome and sumptous pair of Qing dynasty (1644-1912) Yoke back officials hat
Category
Antique 1850s Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Pearwood
Asian Ming Style Yoke-Back Solid Rosewood Chair
Located in Topeka, KS
Vintage Asian solid rosewood chair in Ming style with yoke-back. In excellent condition and ready
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Side Chairs
A Pair Of Ju Mu Wood Yoke Back Armchairs
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of very refined and elegant yoke back armchairs. View our website at: www
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chairs
Chinese Hardwood Yoke Back Scholar's Chairs
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Chinese hardwood yoke back scholar's chairs, the frames with gently canted crest rail and
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Baker Furniture Midcentury Chinoiserie Walnut Yoke Back Low Lounge Chairs, Pair
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of midcentury Chinese yoke back low lounge or slipper chairs
By Baker
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Brass
H 26.5 in W 31 in D 26 in
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Elm Yoke Back Chairs
Located in Chicago, IL
in which the tops of the chair backs resemble an oxen yoke, the chair is accented with curved back
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Elm
Antique pair of Chinese yoke back arm chairs ca 1850
Located in Yonkers, NY
Antique pair of Chinese yoke back armchairs with its original untouched surface. The chairs are
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Armchairs
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Elm Yoke Back Armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality pair of Chinese yoke back armchairs, circa 1860.
These chairs would have been
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Pair of Qing Dynasty Official's Hat / Yoke Back Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
back chairs.
From Shanxi, China and dates to the early 19th century.
Elmwood with a beautifully aged
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Pair of Mid-19th Century Carved Elm Chinese Yoke Back Armchairs
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Good quality pair of Chinese yoke back armchairs, circa 1860.
These chairs would have been
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Scholar Back Chair
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique classic Chinese tall yoke back chair in the best perfectly aged original old surface with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Official's Hat Chairs
Located in Kastrup, DK
Pair of Chinese yoke back official's hat chairs in ming style.
Created in elm wood in the 19th
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Ming Armchairs
Materials
Elm
Michael Taylor for Baker Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Walnut Armchairs, Pair
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of Mid-Century Modern Chinese official's yoke back chairs. Excellent for club
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
H 39.75 in W 22 in D 22 in
Michael Taylor for Baker Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Walnut Armchairs, Pair
By Michael Taylor, Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
An exceptional pair of Mid-Century Modern Chinese official's yoke back chairs. Excellent for club
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Armchairs
Materials
Upholstery, Walnut
H 39.75 in W 22 in D 22 in
Pair of Chinese Yoke Back Chairs
Located in Banner Elk, NC
Exceptional and rare pair of Chinese yoke back chairs.
Category
Antique 1780s Chinese Chairs
Materials
Elm
Two 18th Century Lacquered Wood Chinese Yoke-Back Chairs, Chinoiserie Chique
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A pair of lacquered wood northern Chinese yoke-back chairs, Guan mao shi
Hebei Province, Qing
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
H 39.18 in W 24.02 in D 19.3 in
19th Century Chinese Classic Yoke Back Chair
Located in Rochester, NY
Antique Chinese Classic yoke back officials hat chair with woven cane seat and metal buttoned
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Metal
Set of Six Chinese Elm Yoke Back Official's Hat Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous set of six ming style Chinese carved Guanmaoyi yoke back chairs or official's hat chairs
Category
20th Century Chinese Ming Dining Room Chairs
Materials
Grasscloth, Raffia, Elm
Pair of Vintage High Yoke Back Chinese Scholars Lounge Armchairs
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pair of 73" tall high yoke back Chinese scholars armchairs. Listing includes stately tall backs
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chairs
Materials
Wood
Chinese Dragon Carved Yoke Back Official's Hat Chairs
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning pair of Chinese yoke back officials hat chairs featuring a carved dragon motif backsplat
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Elm Yoke-Back Chair
Located in Nijlen, BE
Antique high-backed Elm chairs with a smooth back support.
At first this type of chair was used by
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Antique Chinese Yoke Back, Horseshoe Chair in Patinated Wood, circa 1800-1849
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Antique circa 1800s yoke back chair. Handmade in China. Beautiful sculptural bentwood shape
Category
Antique 1840s Chinese Ming Armchairs
Materials
Bentwood
H 33.08 in W 26.38 in D 23.63 in
Chinese 19th Century Hand-Carved Yumu Wood Yoke Back Chair with Painted Scenes
Located in Yonkers, NY
scenes and lacquered finish. Called yoke because the back resembles a yoke for oxen, this Chinese chair
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Furniture
Materials
Rattan, Wood, Elm
H 42 in W 18 in D 22 in
Second Chair
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Stunning pair of Chinese yoke back officials hat chairs featuring a carved dragon motif backsplat
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Pair of Chinese Bamboo Yoke-Back Chairs
Located in Larkspur, CA
Early 20th Century Pair of Chinese Wrapped Bamboo Yoke-Back Chairs, the shaped back with openwork
Category
20th Century Chairs
Pair of Ettore Sottsass Mandarin Chairs for Knoll
By Ettore Sottsass, Knoll
Located in Brooklyn, NY
sinuous enameled steel frames nodding to traditional Chinese yoke-back chairs.
Category
Vintage 1980s American Post-Modern Chairs
Materials
Steel
Pair of Antique Yoke-Back Chinese Chairs
Located in New Preston, CT
Pair of elmwood, 19th century, Chinese chairs with wide center splats culminating in typical oxen
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Side Chairs
Pair of Late 19th Century Chinese Yoke Back Root Chairs
Located in Stamford, CT
Pair of 19th century Chinese yoke back rootwood chairs with pagoda shaped back top railing. Finish
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chairs
Materials
Wood
Pair of Yoke Back Side Chairs
Located in Washington, DC
Pair of Chinese Yoke Back Side Chairs, Elmwood with Hard Cane Seats.The chairs are in original
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Side Chairs
Materials
Elm, Cane
Chinese Double Yoke Back Chair
Located in Washington, DC
Unusual and charming double yoke back armchair, Elmwood, 19th Century.
Category
Antique 19th Century Benches
Materials
Elm
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Chinese Yoke Back Chairs For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are several options of Chinese yoke back chairs available for sale. The range of distinct Chinese yoke back chairs — often made from wood, hardwood and elm — can elevate any home. Chinese yoke back chairs have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 20th Century.
How Much are Chinese Yoke Back Chairs?
Prices for Chinese yoke back chairs start at $850 and top out at $4,800 with the average selling for $1,800.
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Questions About Chinese Yoke Back Chairs
- What is a yoke back chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yoke back chairs are those that feature a curved top rail and a single central splat. The style of chair originated in China during the 10th century and was a common feature in Chinese homes by the 12th century. On 1stDibs, shop a range of yoke back chairs.
- What is a yoke chair?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A yoke chair is a style of chair that has a curved top rail. Yoke back chairs became prominent during the Tang dynasty, 618 - 907 AD, in China and get their name for their resemblance of a yoke for oxen. Yoke chairs were traditionally made of high-quality wood and are a favorite among woodworking enthusiasts and home décor collectors. Shop a collection of vintage and contemporary yoke chairs on 1stDibs.
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