George N. Kates
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George N. Kates
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George Norbert Kates was an American exponent of classical Chinese culture and decorative arts. His memoir of life in 1930s Beijing—The Years That Were Fat, Peking 1933-1940 is a widely read memoir of pre-revolution China. He also wrote one of the first texts on Chinese classical furniture—Chinese Household Furniture and put together a significant private collection of Ming style hardwood furniture. Kates graduated summa cum laude from Harvard in 1922 and was awarded a D.Phil. from Oxford Univer
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