Pair of 18th Century Chinese HuangHuaLi Southern Official's Hat. Each beautifully proportioned with narrow crest rail supported on slender, gracefully tapered and curved rear posts. S-shaped splat, above the hard mat seat set within the beaded frame with rounded edges, the elegantly curved, slender arm rails supported on vertical posts and terminating in widely out swept front rails, all above scalloped aprons and spandrels, the whole supported on legs of rounded-square section joined by stepped stretchers and the footrest above a plain apron, the wood of attractive.