The Straits Chinese house: domestic life and tradition
Lee, PeterChen, Jennifer
National Museum of Singapore (Singapore, 2012) (eng) English9789814155946UnknownUnknownPERANAKAN (ASIAN PEOPLE)-DWELLINGS; Glossary: p. 116-117; The Straits Chinese or Peranakan community is perhaps one of the oldest overseas Chinese communities in history, having established itself in the Malay archipelago as early as the seventeenth century.
Physical dimension
123 p.32 cm.ill.
Summary / review / table of contents
Mandalay Villa: memories of a Peranakan Mansion / Herbie Lim Eng Kwan --
Emerald Hill revisited / Felix Chia --
The reception hall --
The ancestral hall --
The bridal chamber --
The living and dining rooms --
The kitchen.