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Japanese Tansu Red Lacquer

Japanese Cherry Lacquer Tansu Chest, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
rich patina from years of use and elegantly contrasts the red-brown color of the tansu's sheer lacquer
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

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Japanese Lacquered Sendai Tansu Chest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to be versatile and portable, Japanese tansu chests were multipurpose storage cabinets
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese One-Piece Tansu with Red Handles
Located in Chicago, IL
These Japanese Tansus are from the Meiji Period and are placed on top of newly made custom metal
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Lacquer

Antique Japanese Edo Era (c 1860) Bodansu Personal Tansu Red Lacquer 24"W
Located in Portland, OR
locked out. This tansu has a red lacquer finish and all the hardware is hand forged iron with the burnt
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Furniture

Materials

Wrought Iron

Red Lacquer Ship's Tansu or Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
Red lacquer ship’s tansu (chest).
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Lacquer

Red Lacquer Ship's Tansu or Chest
Red Lacquer Ship's Tansu or Chest
H 17.25 in W 20.25 in D 16.5 in
Japanese Meiji Period 19th Century Red Lacquer Tansu Chest with Iron Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period six-drawer tansu chest from the 19th century with iron hardware and red
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Early 20th Century Dark Red and Black Lacquered Tansu Cabinet
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese dark red and black lacquered tansu cabinet from the early 20th century, with five
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Early 20th Century Japanese Cabinets

Materials

Iron

Black Lacquer/Red Stained Isho Tansu
Located in New York, NY
A transparent red lacquered cedar casing contains three full-width drawers in a slight recess above
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Wrought Iron

Black Lacquer/Red Stained Isho Tansu
Black Lacquer/Red Stained Isho Tansu
H 38 in W 33.5 in D 16.5 in
Japanese Tansu Black Red Lacquer Two Section Meiji Bedside Table Chest of Drawer
Located in Monterey, CA
red lacquer is intact after 150 years. Typically the red color lacquer would have chipped off and not
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

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All Original C. 1850 Japanese Tansu Chest, 2 Parts
Located in Chicago, IL
This 2-part antique Japanese tansu has lovely old-patina wood and and attractive hand-forged iron handles and other hardware. It can be used as-shown, stacked or separated and raise...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Pine

Japanese Tansu Storage Chest (19th Century - Edo Period) Wabi Sabi
Located in London, GB
Japanese Tansu Storage Chest (Edo Period - 19th Century). Tansu are traditional portable wooden storage chests from Japan. In Japanese traditional houses, there were no fixed chairs,...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture

Materials

Wood

Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Merchant’s chest (choba-dansu), Toyama, the front entirely constructed of keyaki (Zelkova serrata), original fuki-urushi lacquer finish, completed with hinoki (Chamaecyparis...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Japanese Meiji Zebra Wood Tansu Chest in Isho-Dansu Style with Five Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period single section tansu clothing chest from the late 19th century in Isho-dansu style, with zebra wood, five drawers and carrying handles. Created in Japan durin...
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers

Materials

Iron

Japanese Meiji Period Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style Made of Keyaki Wood
Located in Torino, IT
This 19th-century Japanese Tansu clothing chest produced in the Meiji period is made of Japanese cedar wood (cryptomeria Japonica) in its inner parts, while for the outer parts it is...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

Japanese 19th Century Lacquered Sendai Clothing Tansu with Elaborate Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji 19th century double-section Sendai clothing tansu (Isho-dansu) with drawers and elaborate hand cut iron hardware. Born during the 19th century, this wooden Tansu che...
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture

Materials

Iron

20th Century Japanese Tokyo Tansu Chest in Two Parts
Located in Torino, IT
This 20th-century Japanese Tokyo Tansu chest for clothing produced at the beginning of the Taisho period it’s an example of furniture characteristic of this period in Japan and in vo...
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20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture

Materials

Iron

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