Chinoiserie Furniture
CHINOISERIE STYLE
Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.
The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.
Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.
As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.
Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.
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Style: Chinoiserie
18th Century Chinese Lacquer Mother of Pearl Inlay Pewter Teapot
Located in Brea, CA
18th century Chinese lacquer mother of pearl inlay pewter teapot, height to handle top 8 inch, floral decoration as expected for age an...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Early 20th Century Handmade East Turkestan Khotan Pictorial Vase Gallery Carpet
Located in New York, NY
An antique East Turkestan Khotan gallery carpet handmade during the early 20th century with a pictorial vase design.
Measures: 6' 8" x 12' 10".
Category
Early 20th Century East Turkestani Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
English Regency Chinoiserie Trunk Hamper
Located in New York, NY
English Regency style (19th Cent) Chinoiserie lacquered and decorated slant top floor trunk (hamper) with pearl inlaid trim.
Category
19th Century British Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Midcentury Brass Tray on Faux Bamboo Base Coffee Table
Located in Stamford, CT
A handsome and elegant 1960s coffee table with a large scale removable brass tray top with handles, resting on an ebonized faux bamboo base. This is a great piece for a traditional i...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chung Hsing Chinese Genuine Cinnabar Carved Lacquer Box, circa 1900
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This extraordinary cinnabar lacquer box is a masterpiece and exemplary among the highest level of intricate masterful ancient Chinese traditional ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Schumacher by Mary McDonald Chinois Palais Wallpaper Mural in Noir
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by an antique Chinese silk panel, this design features exotic birds and cherry blossoms and is true to the original scale. Available as a printed linen and a wallcovering.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Paper
Antique Chinese Export Golden Tea Tin Lamp
Located in South Salem, NY
Unique table lamp made from repurposed Chinese Export tea tins, made in China circa 1870. This ornate, gilded tin was once used to transport tea from China to England. This jar is ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Metal
18th Century Delft Covered Urn
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique Dutch Delft pottery covered urn, mid-18th century, a tin glazed earthenware vessel having a dog finial atop a domed lid, on a ribbed ovoid body, decorated in a blue and red O...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Clay
Pair of Chinese Cloisonné Elephants
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Enchanting pair of Chinese cloisonné or enamel on copper elephants decorated with symbolic biomorphic designs on an alluring blue background.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
Wonderful Vintage Manila Shawl, Long Scarf Chinese Embroidery
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful vintage long silk embroidery for scarf, from Manila, made at Chinese embroidery, beautiful Chinese design, entirely hand embroidered with silk on silk foundation. Perf...
Category
Early 20th Century Philippine Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Silk
19th Century English Queen Anne Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Side Chair
Located in Dallas, TX
Beautiful 19th century English Queen Anne red lacquered chinoiserie side chair. Pretty hand painted design!
Note: There is a companion chair. Sold se...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A beautiful early 20th century Chinese Peking rug with large round stylized Shuo character, symbolizing prosperity, amidst a field of scrolling vines, and surrounded by a complex bor...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Peking Rug with Romantic Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77442 antique Chinese Peking rug with Romantic chinoiserie style. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese Peking rug features a rounded open center medallion decorated with a swirl of...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
Unusual Eight Panel Chinese Coromandel Screen circa 1700-1800 with Carved Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese Coromandel Screen, 18th Century, Rosewood, 8 Panel, Painted, Figural, Depicting Flying Geese
One of a kind. Chinese Coromandel screen from the late 1700s with a fabulous ros...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Chinoiserie Antiqued Mirror Top End Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
chinoiserie antiqued mirror top end tables, probably Chinese, circa 1950s. Antiqued mirror table tops recently replaced. They are a versatile size...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
19th Century Set of Five-Piece Zitan Opium Pipes and Accessories
Located in Brea, CA
19th century set of five-piece Zitan opium pipes and accessories, two long beautiful Zitan opium pipes, one opium light 3in x 3in x 5in and one opium bo x ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Big Golden Black Lacquer Chinese Style Arrow Barrels
Located in Brea, CA
Big golden black lacquer Chinese Style arrow barrels, beautiful golden painting.
Category
Early 1900s English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
English Regency Period 1820s Golden Toned Wall Clock with Chinoiserie Décor
Located in Atlanta, GA
An English painted wood wall clock from the early 19th century, with chinoiserie motifs. Created in England at the end of the Regency period, this wall clock captures our attention w...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Herend "Esterházy" 39-Piece Hand Painted Porcelain Tea Service, Hungary, Modern
By Herend
Located in Cagliari, IT
Exceptional tea set consisting of: a teapot, a sugar bowl, a milk jug, twelve tea cups with saucers, twelve cake saucers.
Painted and hand-worked: note the lace-like fretworks on po...
Category
1980s Hungarian Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Round Brass Container with Removable Ceramic Painted Chinoiserie Crane Lid
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Round ceramic and brass container with a brass bottom and removable lid with ceramic top. Top features a blue and white ceramic or porcelain lid with floral hand-painted and glazed d...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
Polychrome Mug Tea Ceremony, Worcester, circa 1754
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
Scratch cross type mug, decorated with the tea ceremony pattern.
Incised line to base near handle.
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinoiserie Mirrors in the Manner of James Mont
Located in New York, NY
Pair of chinoiserie mirrors in the manner of James Mont. Hollywood Regency. Black lacquered wood frames with gold decorative molding to the...
Category
1960s Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
Brown Standing English Bamboo Magazine Rack Sheet Music Stand or Canterbury
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A beautiful chinoiserie standing magazine rack or sheet music stand. Lacquered pieces of bamboo are affixed together in an angled geometric desi...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Ginger Jars by Crown Devon Fieldings, England
Located in Albano Laziale, Rome/Lazio
Ruby colored pair of lidded porcelain urns by Crown Devon Fieldings with gold chinoiserie motifs. The lids are crowned with lions in gold. Both urns and lids in perfect condition and...
Category
20th Century British Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Pink and Green Flower Pattern Chinoiserie Cake Plate with Twin Handles
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fantastic antique floral ceramic dish, begging to be displayed at a chic dinner party. A floral bouquet of pink and green takes center stage at the middle on a crisp white backgrou...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
Asian Style Art Pottery and Enamel Ginger Jar Lamp
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Asian style is pottery lamp with reticulated body. The ginger jar form with hand enameled peony floral decoration, circa 1930s and high style that compliments a modern or traditional...
Category
1930s Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Sensational Pair of Bronze Asian Figural Wall Sconces
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A fabulous and rare pair of heavy bronze wall sconces by Maitland Smith. In the Asian style, these wall sconces depict a seated man and a seated woman holding fans and umbrellas in b...
Category
1970s Philippine Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
1920s Antique Chinese Peking Art Deco Rug, Royal Blue Field, Raspberry Borders
Located in New York, NY
This medium-weave urban interwar carpet displays a royal blue field centered on a giant polychrome flower and stem motif, with fluttering birds and butterflies. Vase and pots in the ...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
19th Century Decalcomania Trumpet Vase
Located in London, GB
A mid-nineteenth century Decalcomania vase of trumpet form, with a roll top and concave body, decorated throughout with chinoiserie on a cream ground.
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Blown Glass, Paper
Vintage Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Urn Lidded Temple Jar Vase on Base
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage 36" Chinese Famille rose Porcelain urn lidded temple jar vase on base. Item includes a lidded temple jar, wooden pedestal base, Foo dog lid, figural te...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Mustard Chinese Emperor Runner
Located in New York, NY
Mid-20th century Chinese runner with an emperor on a mustard color ground. This piece looks to be a fragment from a larger rug. Ends and sides are intact
Measures: 2'8" x 7'7".
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
Black Wood and Red Velvet English Chiavari Chair
Located in New York, NY
A antique English Chiavari black wood painted side chair with striking red velvet tufted seat, England, circa Late-19th century to early-20th century. Chair has spindle back with bla...
Category
1890s English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Upholstery, Velvet, Wood
English Chinoiserie Style Twenty-Six Piece Silver Toilet Service
Located in London, GB
This twenty-six piece silver toilet service was created in the early 20th century, after a model made in London between 1673-1682. The original set is o...
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Peking Oval Rug with Romantic Chinoiserie Style
Located in Dallas, TX
77451 antique Chinese Peking Oval rug with Romantic chinoiserie style. Recalling the surface designs of Fine China with light and airy colors, the simple, but...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chanteloup Lantern Light by David Duncan, Hanging Lantern
By David Duncan
Located in New York, NY
The Chanteloup Lantern by David Duncan Lighting. This artisan crafted, six-sided hanging lantern has been designed in an elegant style. The Chanteloup Lantern features a geometric ga...
Category
2010s American Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Chinese Chippendale Overmantel Mirror with HO HO Birds
Located in Charleston, SC
Enchanting Chinoiserie English Chippendale giltwood overmantel mirror. The Chippendale mirror is all craved giltwood with an open Center Cartouche flanked by a pair of HO HO Birds pe...
Category
Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Mirror
19th Century Octagonal Imari Porcelain Lidded Vase Mounted on a Bronze Dore Base
Located in New York, NY
Large octagonal Imari porcelain vase with finial cover and 4 bronze doré claw feet on base (19th century).
Category
19th Century Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Famille Verte Porcelain Inkwell by Samson
By Samson & Cie
Located in Paris, FR
Small famille verte porcelain inkwell decorated with enameled flowerpots, foliage, and stylized rinceaux. The inkwell is set on a gilt bronze b...
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Bronze
Schumacher by Mary McDonald Chinois Palais Wallpaper Mural in Lavender
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by an antique Chinese silk panel, this design features exotic birds and cherry blossoms and is true to the original scale. Available as a printed linen and a wallcovering.
...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Paper
Asian Modern White Bleached Oak Coffee Table Faux Ostrich Top Chinoiserie, 1970s
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-Century Modern rectangular white bleached oak wood coffee table with faux ostrich and curved legs.
Faux ostrich section measures: 31 x 36 inches.
Lovely 1970s chinoiserie inspire...
Category
Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Oak, Faux Leather
Chinese Indigo Blue Peking Rug, 1920
Located in Rome, IT
A fine early 20th century Indigo Blue Peking Rug.
Measures: cm 350 x 280.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wool
Decorative Silk Cushion with Hand Embroidered Peony Design
Located in Hamburg, DE
Decorative cushion with hand embroidery, The Peony Design is embroidered on silk satin color champagne, the back side of the cushion is made from bamboo velvet in color dark brown, t...
Category
2010s German Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Silk
Designer Gold Dragon Jewelry Dishes by Rosenthal
By Rosenthal
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful, signed set of German white and gold oval porcelain jewelry dishes with dragon design by Rosenthal, circa mid-20th century, Germany. Dishes are signed on back by designer...
Category
Mid-20th Century German Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Framed Antique Chinese Embroidery Skirt Textile
Located in Atlanta, GA
On offer is an attractive piece of textile of Chinese origin beautifully framed in a gilt and UV glass shadow box. Artistically displayed, the piece is the large apron portion of a traditional skirt...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Silk
French Chinoiserie Faience Vase
Located in New York, NY
French Chinoiserie Faience vase. Purple, blue, green and yellow baluster vase with gilding and diapering in the chinoiserie style with bugs and butt...
Category
Mid-19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Faience, Pottery
Umberto Mascagni Italian Mid-Century Chinoiserie Decorated Sideboard
Located in New York, NY
Italian Mid-Century (1950s) chinoiserie decorated sideboard covered in a black faux leather (skai) and trimmed with anodized aluminum with 2 doors ...
Category
1950s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Aluminum
Schumacher by Mary McDonald Chinois Palais Wallpaper Mural in Tangerine
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by an antique Chinese silk panel, this design features exotic birds and cherry blossoms and is true to the original scale. Available as a p...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Paper
Pair of Antique Dutch Delftware Blue and White Double-Baluster Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
Each tall ribbed vase painted overall with floral and foliate stems resting on a pierced brass base; 20.5" (top of ceramic) 32.5" (top of shade).
Category
19th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Delft
Set of FOUR Masons Ironstone Bowls in Chinese Dragon Pattern, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a lovely set of FOUR bowls or deep plates by Mason's Ironstone, England in the Chinese Dragon pattern, dating to the late 19th century, circa...
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Ironstone
Monumental Pair of Berlin Faience Red and Black-Lacquered Vases
Located in New York, NY
The surface 'japanned' in imitation of Chinese lacquer in red and black, of baluster form with a slightly spreading foot, the enamel decoration formed of panels of chinoiserie figure...
Category
19th Century German Antique Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
2 Chalkware Chinoiserie Dragon Pedestals Column Plant Stand Anne Jo Oriental 48"
Located in Dayton, OH
47" pair of oriental chalkware dragon pedestals column plant stand Anne Jo 1986 vintage
Amazing pair of chalkware plant stands by Anne-Jo, made in 1...
Category
1980s Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Plaster
Café au Lait Craquelure Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Of baluster form; fitted with two bulb sockets and adjustable rod in lacquered brass; mounted on a giltwood turned base.
Provenance: From the Collection of Mario Buatta, New York,...
Category
20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Prince Phra Aphai Mani Wood Carved Flute Sculpture Thai Diety Kwan Yin
Located in Dayton, OH
"A large wooden sculpture of the famous Prince Phra Aphai Mani playing his magic flute, Thailand.
Finely decorated with all kind of ornaments in pink and turquoise lacquer.
From th...
Category
20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
Schumacher by Miles Redd Brighton Pavilion Wallpaper Mural in Black & White
By Miles Redd, Schumacher
Located in New York, NY
Based on a rare 18th-century document and created by one of Europe's premier engravers, this design comes in coordinating panels of fabric and wallpaper with a 12-foot repeat.
Pane...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Paper
Hand Carved Alabaster Table on a Confucius / Asian Philosopher Sculpture Base
Located in Lisse, NL
Rare and highly decorative, semi-antique side or end table.
We believe that the Asian philosopher that makes up the base or stem of this table is Confucius, but it could also be Lao...
Category
Mid-20th Century European Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Alabaster
Unique & Highly Decorative Oriental Inspired Humidor, Continental, circa 1920
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A most unique and highly decorative orientalist inspired tobacco humidor, showing a hexagonal shaped composition body similar to chalk-ware, decorated with match pockets...
Category
Early 20th Century European Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Composition
Hand Painted Red Lacquered Chinoiserie Cocktail/Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Hand painted red lacquered chinoiserie cocktail/coffee table.
Category
Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Wood
French Metal Pagoda Style Hanging Lantern, circa 1950
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
French metal pagoda style hanging lantern, circa 1950
Measures: Diameter 20 cm
Height 38 and 54 cm.
Category
1950s French Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Metal
Chinoiserie furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Schumacher, Century Furniture, and Bow Porcelain. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $21 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,701.
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