Altar with shrine figure, hanging scrolls, and panel with carved scene on top of a table at Xi yu si

Room interior with table, books in bookshelf, and robes hanging from hooks

Woman making chenille souvenirs outdoors at a table next to a camel

Paper-cut maker making paper-cuts at a table

Woman and child watching a furniture maker working on a table, Furniture Street, Peking

Furniture-maker working on an inlaid table, Furniture Street, Peking

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man smoothing away air bubbles with a soft brush called a shui shua

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing mounters working on the back of a scroll painting and moving a drying board called a Zhuang ban

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man using a soft paste brush to apply paste to the backing of a scroll painting

Interior of a scroll-mounting shop showing a man burnishing the back of scroll with a polishing shell called a ya luo to facilitate the rolling and unrolling of the scroll

Two men playing chess at home

Mr. Huang in his antique shop with his staff

Three men at a table below deck on a junk on the Shandong coast

Mrs. [Anna] Drew 'at home', Shanghai