19th Century Chinese Farm Altar Table or Dongbei
Located in Essex, MA
19th century Chinese farm or altar table, double sided with sliding lacquer panels and central lacquer drawer.
Antique 19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture
Hardwood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Farm Altar Table or Dongbei
Located in Essex, MA
19th century Chinese farm or altar table, double sided with sliding lacquer panels and central lacquer drawer.
Hardwood, Lacquer
Sold|$13,800
Pair of Red Lacquered Cabinets
Located in Chicago, IL
Pair of slightly tapered red lacquered cabinets with two doors, and four drawers with brass hardware from 19th century Shanxi Province, China.
Black Lacquer Chest With Two drawers & A Pair Of Doors
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined black lacquer chest, two drawers on top of a pair of doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional chest selections.
Lacquer
A Pair Of Black Lacquer Chests With Gold Gilt Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of refined and elegant black lacquer chests, tapered form with fine hand painted butterfly motifs, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for ad...
Lacquer
Sold|$14,800
Chinese Paneled Storage Cabinet, c. 1650
Located in Chicago, IL
This is an exquisite example of a 17th century square corner cabinet, constructed with masterful mortise and tenon joinery. It features two paneled doors attached with small barrel h...
Elm
A Pair of Black Lacquer Chests With Gold Gilt Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of refined black lacquer chests, of upright rectangular form, fine hand painted butterfly moitf on the pair of doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichoriental...
Lacquer
Sold|$4,880
Tall Tapered Black Lacquer Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
A tall 19th century Northern Chinese tapered black lacquer cabinet with white brass hardware, and two interior drawers.
Sold|$6,280
Chinese Carnelian Keeper's Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century storage chest balances a streamlined silhouette with vibrant color and wabi-sabi textures. Originally configured to open from the top, the cabinet's paneled front h...
Pine
Sold|$18,500 / set
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Painted Cabinets
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful pair of 19th century Chinese cabinet with a heavy black lacquer and beautifully painted garden scenes depicting myriad birds including cranes, phoenix, magpies, and ducks...
Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Flanked Prosperity Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
A more rustic interpretation of classic Qing-dynasty furniture, this antique chest simplifies the silhouette with pert, upturned flanges and just a hint of taper to its square frame....
Brass
Sold|$2,880
Petite Chinese Charm Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The quiet elegance of this small cabinet is thanks to its clean lines and balanced proportions. Dated to the late 19th century, this cabinet is designed to resemble the classic uprig...
Elm
Chinese Display Cabinet with Three Pairs of Doors
Located in Chicago, IL
This display cabinet is from China and was made from wood and lacquer, circa 19th century.
Wood, Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Canton Black Laquered Desk Cabinet
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Stunning quality Chinese export desk, circa 1830. Main feature is the rare alabaster doors which have been hand-painted both sides and allows the light to glow through when the d...
Lacquer
Black Lacquer Sideboard With Gold Gilt Birds & Flowers Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very elegant black lacquer sideboard. black lacquer top and sides, muted gold gilt "birds and flowers" motif on the front, four drawers on top of a pair of two-fold doors, brass fi...
Lacquer
Sold|$5,800
Fine Black Lacquer Sideboard
Located in Greenwich, CT
simple and refined black lacquer sideboard, four drawers on top of two pairs of doors, brass ring pulls, 19th century
Two Door Black Lacquer Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Two door 19th century Chinese chest with original heavy lacquer. One shelf in the interior contains an unusual storage compartment underneath.
Elm
Fine Black Lacquer Sideboard with Gold Gilt Floral Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard with muted gold gilt floral motif on two pairs of doors, brass fitting.
Lacquer
Chinese Herbal Apothecary Elm Chest And Bookcase
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period late 19th century apothecary merchant's chest in Southern elm, also called Jumu wood. Originally used by a Chinese pharmacy to organize and store herbal...
Elm
Sold|$9,037 / set
Pair of Chinese 19th Century Calligraphy Cabinets
Located in Kastrup, DK
A rare pair of cabinets. Freestanding in red lacquer on front and the sides, the back is decorated with Chinese calligraphy on a black lacquer base.
Elm
Black Lacquer Sideboard With A Pair Of Bifold Doors
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very simple and elegant black lacquer sideboard with a pair of bifold doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional "sideboard" select...
Lacquer
Black Lacquer Sideboard With Pair Of Bi-Fold Doors
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very simple and elegant black lacquer sideboard, of rectangular form, a pair of bi-fold doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for additional ...
Lacquer
Fine Black Lacquer Sideboard With Gold Gilt Floral Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard with muted gold gilt floral motif on two pairs of doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for ...
Lacquer
Black Lacquer Sideboard With Three Pairs Of Doors & Drawers
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard, framed top supported by straight legs and joined by three drawers and three pairs of doors, brass fitting. view our website at: ww...
Lacquer
19th Century Chinese Two Drawer Sunflower Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th century chest is a classic Beijing design, which people have tried, unsuccessfully, to duplicate for decades. Artisans skilled in traditional lacquer techniques brightened ...
Elm
Sold|$4,280
Black Lacquer Cabinet with Shelf
Located in Chicago, IL
A 19th century Chinese black lacquer elmwood cabinet with two doors, a shelf below and three drawers inside.
Elm
Black Lacquer Sideboard With Gold Gilt Landscape Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A very refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard, a pair of bifold doors with painted gold gilt landscape motif, brass fitting. Visit our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques....
Gold
black Lacquer Sideboard With Painted Gold Gilt Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard with hand painted gold gilt motif on the pair of bifold doors, brass fitting. Visit our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com fo...
Gold
Black Lacquer Sideboard With Gold Gilt Floral Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
a very refined and elegant black lacquer sideboard with muted gold gilt floral motif on two pairs of doors, brass fitting. View our website at: www.greenwichorientalantiques.com for ...
Gold
Sold|$3,400
Chinese Side Chest with Nine Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This handsome nine-drawer chest is from Shanxi, China made from reclaimed elm wood utilizing mortise and tenon joinery. You can also customize it and make it your own. Wood, color, f...
Elm, Lacquer
Sold|$2,880
Ornate Chinese Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
An ornately detailed early 20th century Chinese cabinet with oval relief paneled doors painted with landscape scenes, on highly carved legs with gilt scrolling vines, and an interior...
China Red Chest Of Drawers With Brass Details From The 1970s – Lacquered Series
Located in Roma, RM
China Red chest of drawers with brass details from the 1970s – Lacquered Series Product details Dimensions 132 L x 87 H x 50 D cm
Brass
19th Century Bookcase in Red and Black Lacquered Wood
Located in Valladolid, ES
Beautiful antique Chinese bookcase in red and black lacquered wood , with chinese symbols as a motif , they are the symbols of the Chinese Kings of Mercy : FU-LU-SHOU .
Wood, Lacquer
Original Red Lacquer Chest of Drawers, Shanxi c. 1740
Located in Kastrup, DK
Original black lacquer on the sides. Shanxi, China approx. 1840 Measurement (cm) H: 89 / 93 W: 165 D: 50.
Elm
Sold|$4,880
Chinese Lattice Cutout Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
While most Qing-dynasty cabinets were decorated with gilt paintings or fine carvings, this tall cabinet is patterned with unusual oblong cutouts that simulate lattice and provide a g...
Brass
Rare Shanghai Art Deco Lacquered Three Door Wardrobe
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Rare wardrobe from the Art Deco movement in Shanghai, circa 1920. Strong Art Deco shape, with its original lacquered paint work. Paintwork has been rubbed back in places but we thin...
Wood
Qing Dynasty Chinese Cabinet with Two Drawers
Located in Chicago, IL
This Qing dynasty cabinet is from Shanxi, China and dates to the mid-1800s. It was originally used to provide extra storage in the dining or sleeping areas of a comfortable home. Thi...
Elm, Lacquer
Sold|$4,280
Pair of Chinese Square Corner Kang Cabinets
Located in Chicago, IL
In a traditional northern Chinese home, these chests would have been placed on a low, raised platform called a kang (a type of bed) and used to store household objects. Similar to to...
Elm, Lacquer
19th Century Compact Chinese Round-Corner Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
This compact armoire is comprised of beautiful clean lines; an asymmetrical overhanging top called a cabinet’s cap surmounts straight, convex legs and feet. A pair of doors, with mou...
Elm, Lacquer
Antique Original Painted Sideboard/Cabinet, China c.1840-1860
Located in Round Top, TX
It is from the Shandong province of China and dates between 1840-1860. This sideboard features a hand polished lacquer finish and the original paint.
Wood, Paint, Lacquer
Pair of Chinese Square Corner Locking Cabinets
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, the simple design of this pair of low locking chests celebrate the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Crafted from reclaimed elmwood, the c...
Brass
Sold|$1,880
19th Century Chinese Low Two-Door Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
In a traditional northern Chinese home, a chest like this would have been placed beside a raised platform called a kang, which was used as a sleeping and living area.
Brass
Early 20th Century Chinese Camphor Wood Blanket Chest
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese antique blanket chest from the early 20th century.
Fabric, Wood
Low Chinese Painted Book Cabinet, Ming Dynasty
Located in Chicago, IL
Expertly constructed in China's Shanxi province, the low cabinet exemplifies the clean lines of Ming-dynasty forms.
Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Camphor Wood Blanket Chest
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese antique blanket chest from the early 20th century.
Fabric, Wood
Early 20th Century Chinese Camphor Wood Blanket Chest
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese antique blanket chest from the early 20th century.
Fabric, Wood
A Pair Of Black Lacquer Chests With Gold Gilt Motif
Located in Greenwich, CT
A pair of refined and elegant black lacquer chests with hand painted landscape motif in gold gilt, brass fitting. beautiful colors, form and lines. Visit our website at: www.greenwic...
Gold
19th Century Chinese Gilt Palace Landscape Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Seamlessly constructed and cloaked in black lacquer, this Qing-dynasty cabinet is spectacularly decorated with ornate gilt scenery, depicting traditional palatial courtyard buildings...
Birch
Mid-19th Century Ox Blood Lacquered Cabinet with Lattice Doors
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming Chinese kitchen cabinet has a playful assortment of doors, drawers, and sliding panels.
Cypress, Lacquer
Early 20th Century Chinese Four Seasons Coffer
Located in Chicago, IL
Each front panel of this 19th century coffer depicts a flower signifying one of the four seasons, a group of blossoms celebrated for centuries in Chinese art and culture. Traditional...
Pine, Lacquer, Paint
Sold|$10,080
19th Century Provincial Chinese Sideboard
Located in Chicago, IL
The grand scale of this 19th-century coffer suggests it was originally used in a Qing-dynasty home as a family altar. Incense, candles, and fruits would have covered the cabinet top ...
Brass
20th Century Sideboard in Lacquered and Painted Wood
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Chinese sideboard of the 20th century. Furniture in lacquered and painted wood with floral decorations.
Wood
Sold|$2,500
19th Century Lacquered Side Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This bold 19th Century red lacquered side chest is from the province of Jiangsu, China and made from Elm Wood.
Elm
Sold|$5,200 / set
Pair of Chinese Scholar's Display Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
These Chinese display cabinets are made from reclaimed cypress wood and are from Suzhou, China. They each feature mortise and tenon joinery, elegant lattice work that can function a...
Cypress, Lacquer
Antique 19th Century Chinese Export Table Cabinet
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful mid-19th century black lacquer chinese export Table cabinet having exceptional gilded chinoiserie and Penwork decoration with arrangement of drawers retaining Origina...
Lacquer
Inlaid 1960s Red Lacquer and Ebonized Drinks Cabinet
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
Exceptional quality 1960s red lacquer and ebonized drinks cabinet with mirrored interior and fantastic ivory and mother of pearl inlay.
Mother-of-Pearl, Glass, Mirror, Lacquer
Sold|$6,015
19th Century Chinese Altar Elmwood Sideboard
Located in Kastrup, DK
Original lacquer in black, red and green colors. Top drawers and spandrels with wood carvings and polychrome lacquer.
Metal
Sold|$4,380
Chinese Painted Book Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This lacquered display cabinet from Shanxi province was crafted in the mid-19th century using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery methods. The enclosed lower half was used for gene...
Elm
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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