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What is a Chinese wedding cabinet?
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A Chinese wedding cabinet is a general term to refer to any number of large armoire type cabinets with two large doors and fitted with shelves and usually a false bottom. True wedding cabinets will have auspicious paintings, such as butterflies or flowers, or even boys, covering the doors and frame.

Lotus GallerySeptember 23, 2020
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Antique Asian Red Lacquer Oriental Chinese Wedding Cabinet 2 Door Cupboard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Antique Asian Red Lacquer Oriental Chinese Wedding Cabinet. Item features solid wood construction, beautiful wood grain, distressed red finish, nicely carved details, 2 swing doors, ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Other Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Late 19th Century Chinese Wedding Cabinet
Located in Singapore, SG
An antique wedding cabinet from Zhejiang province, with beautiful original red lacquer, and original round brass plate and door pulls. This round brass plate is especially large and ...
Category
Antique 1890s Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Red and Black Lacquered Chinese Wedding Cabinet, 19th C
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Standalone black lacquered with red ornamentation Chinese wedding or linen cabinet, late 19th C.
Chinoiseries lacquered black paint throughout.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Cabinets
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Wedding Cabinet Black on Red Lacquer with Circular Brass Medallion
Located in Hanover, MA
Chinese Qing Dynasty wedding cabinet in black lacquer with red accents featuring large circular brass medallion hardware on two 45 inch high doors above two drawers.
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Brass
Antique Chinese Hardwood Wedding Cabinet with Mother of Pearl Inlay 19thC
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Chinese wedding cabinet offers hardwood construction with double doors having arched mirrors, inlaid mother of pearl decoration, and strap hinges opening to storage interi...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Asian Cabinets
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
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Antique Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet with Oversized Brass Medallion
Located in Yonkers, NY
An antique Chinese wedding cabinet from the early 20th century with black lacquer and large brass medallion hardware.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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Chinese Framed Silk Embroidered Panel with Foo Dogs, circa 1910
Located in Austin, TX
A fun and attractive Chinese coral silk ground, couched stitch, silk and metallic thread embroidered panel with foo lions at play, late Qing Dynasty or early Republic Period, circa 1...
Category
Vintage 1910s Chinese Qing Textiles
Materials
Metallic Thread
Chinese Giltwood Horizontal Panel, Carved Auspicious Wedding Frieze, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
An attractive and auspicious Chinese Chaozhou carved, pierced, and gilt wood horizontal panel, early 20th century, Southern China.
Most likely from a wedding bed, the frieze is full...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Wood, Giltwood
French Art Nouveau Ecole de Nancy Marquetry Side Table, Chrysanthemums, c 1900
By Ecole de Nancy
Located in Austin, TX
An elegant and charming French Art Nouveau marquetry wood side table with a design of chrysanthemums, Ecole de Nancy (School of Nancy), Nancy, France, circa 1900.
The side table of...
Category
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Side Tables
Materials
Hardwood, Fruitwood, Oak, Burl
Chinese Export Gilt Wood Frames with Reverse Glass Paintings, Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent pair of Chinese Export Chaozhou (Teochew) carved gilt wood frames with reverse glass painted panels, Qing Dynasty, mid 19th century, Guangdong, China.
Made in southern...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Paintings and Screens
Materials
Fabric, Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
Chinese Pair Qilin Guardian Sculptures, Carved Wood and Gilt Lacquer, Circa 1900
Located in Austin, TX
A magnificent pair of Chinese Choazhou (Teochew) carved wood and gilt lacquered mythical guardian beasts known as qilin, late Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911), circa 1900, southern China.
...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gesso, Glass, Wood, Softwood, Lacquer, Paint
Pair Chinese Ming Dynasty Gold and Spinel Hair Ornaments, 17th c
Located in Austin, TX
A rare and unusual pair of Chinese Ming Dynasty hair ornaments crafted in high karat gold with cabochon spinels, and featuring images of cranes amongst clouds, early to mid 17th cent...
Category
Antique 17th Century Chinese Ming Antiquities
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Gold
Japanese Lacquer Tray by Zohiko, Meiji/Taisho Period, Early 20th Century, Japan
By Zōhiko Studio
Located in Austin, TX
A lovely Japanese lacquer decorated tray with images of hemp leaves, maple leaves, and cherry blossoms by Zohiko, Meiji or Taisho Period, early 20th century, Japan.
The graceful tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Wood, Urushi lacquer


