摘要：The purpose of this article was to identify the Jepara chairs based on its style and period. Qualitativeresearch such as doing interviews with the Jepara chairs observer, observation to some centres and workshopsof Jepara chairs, literature study from various books consisting the style and process of Jepara chairsproduction were conducted. The identification of Jepara chairs started with Islamic and Hinduism influence inthe 16th to the 17th century when the missionary and sailor from Portuguese entered Java until the style ofJepara chair in the 20th century. The alteration that mirrors the changes in socio-cultural aspect was beinganalysed as the style foundation that was used periodically in the making of the Jepara chairs. The categories achair to have a Jepara style is a chair made by the craftsman in Jepara that, includes local factors bothtechnically and material based that is combined with foreign culture, religion, and designs that brought at thetime the chairs have been made. This research finds that chairs with Jepara style are a combination of theinternational world with a glimpse of local wisdom, with a touch of the maker’s personality that makes it uniqueand a bit different with its origin style
关键词：Jepara chair; style; design; Jepara; Indonesian furniture
