$7,475
H 71 in W 61 in D 24 in
Large Chinese Qing Dynasty 19th Century Cabinet with Hand-Carved and Gilt Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period wide and large cabinet from the 19th century, with hand-carved and gilt panels.
Wood
$630Sale Price|20% Off
H 13 in W 10.63 in D 1.19 in
Chinese gilt wooden panel - Qing Dynasty - 20th century - Asian Art
Located in Berlin, DE
A beautifully carved Chinese wooden panel with a beautiful figural decoration. The panel is gilded and beautifully framed. The piece dates from the Qing Dynasty in the 19th century.
Wood
Chinese Qing Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese late Qing dynasty four panel folding coromandel screen featuring carved soapstone.
Soapstone, Brass
$675
H 15 in W 14 in D 11.5 in
Late Qing Chinese Red and Black Lacquered Rice Measure Bucket with Carved Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A late Qing dynasty Chinese wooden rice measure, hand-carved and richly lacquered in red and black, with traces of gilt enhancing its decorative motifs.
Wood
$3,200
H 31 in W 15.5 in D 2 in
Large Chinese Carved Gilt Wood Story Panel, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"
Located in Austin, TX
An unusually large vintage Chinese carved and pierced gilt wood story panel, early to mid 20th century, Southern China. The intricately carved panel depicts images from "The Romance...
Metal
Chinese Hundred Treasures Carved Panel, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornately carved panel was originally the lid of a 19th-century Chinese snack box, presented as a gift filled with popular snacks such as roasted melon seeds, dried fruit, and so...
Wood
$65,000
H 84.5 in W 108 in D 1.5 in
Early 19th Century Chinese Hardwood, Lacquer and Jade Six-Panel Screen
Located in Austin, TX
A very fine mid-Qing Dynasty Chinese hardwood and lacquer six-panel screen, Jailing Period, circa 1800. The hardwood frame inset with black lacquer panels. One side features an over...
Coral, Jade
Sold
H 69.5 in W 64 in D 23.5 in
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chinese Hand Carved Armoire with Gilt Painted Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
A large Qing dynasty Chinese hand carved, painted and gilded armoire from the 19th century, with 19 panels, four doors and three removable panels revealing a secret compartment. Crea...
Wood
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a late 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted square frame, the carving depicts sev...
Wood
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted square frame, the carving depicts several ...
Wood
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted rectangular frame, the carving depicts a s...
Wood
Chinese Gilt Carved Bed Panel, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This gilt carved panel began its life as a decorative addition to a 19th-century Chinese cabinet or canopy bed. Set within a mica-encrusted rectangular frame, the carving depicts a b...
Wood
Sold
H 35 in W 38 in D 5.5 in
Qing Dynasty Chinese Carved Monumental Giltwood 1 of 2 Temple Wall Panel
Located in Vero Beach, FL
This offer is for one of two panels. 19th Century This palatial wood panel is elaborately, deeply carved and pierced with gilded cranes and birds among bamboo and branches. Multiple...
Wood
Qing Dynasty Pair of Lacquer Wall Panels
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A pair of lacquer wall panels. Chinese, Qing Dynasty. With jade, ivory & hardstone carvings in painted & gilded little landscapes. Handsomely carved frames. Fine brass hangers. Now w...
Jade, Brass, Steel
"Palace Park" a Pair of Chinese Gilt Painted Panels
Located in Chicago, IL
Scholars and leisure seekers descend on a classical Chinese garden meticulously gilt painted on two richly lacquered panels. Crafted, circa 1800 during China’s Qing dynasty, the pane...
Pine, Lacquer, Paint
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H 50 in W 9.25 in D 1.5 in
Pair Chinese Carved Painted Wood Sign Wall Hanging Panel Calligraphy Characters
Located in Forney, TX
A striking pair of large vintage Chinese architectural paint decorated wooden vertical sign carvings with interesting provenance. Dating to the first half of the 20th century, Chin...
Wood, Paint
Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Eight Panel Fold Screen
Located in Dubai, AE
Chinese Coromandel lacquer eight-fold screen with carved and hand-painted scenes, on the feet with brass caps. The front side is adorned with gilt and depicts ladies within the walle...
Wood, Lacquer
Sold
H 71 in W 63 in D 25 in
Qing Dynasty 19th Century Chinese Wooden Armoire with Hand-Carved Gilt Panels
Located in Yonkers, NY
An ornate 19th century wooden Chinese armoire with hand-carved gilded panels, from the Qing Dynasty. This massive rectangular painted armoire features two doors that open to reveal t...
Wood
Sold
H 33.5 in W 54.5 in D 2.5 in
Chinese Carved and Pierced Double-Sided Gilt Lacquer Wall Panel, Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A very rare Qing dynasty Southern Chinese carved and pierced lacquered hardwood panel featuring a double sided scene, 19th century.
Wood
Pair of Chinese Gilt Lattice Window Panels, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Decorated with oxblood-red lacquer and their original gold paint, this pair of ornate window panels is a beautiful example of traditional Chinese latticework. Set into a wall or door...
Teak
Sold
H 78.25 in W 18.5 in D 2 in
Pair of Antique Chinese Lacquered and Gilt Decorated Wood Door Panels
Located in Bridgeport, CT
Tall black lacquered carved door panels with two large decorated shaped sections above and below in gilt and dark red, framed by smaller floral ones. The top panels illustrate pavili...
Wood
Sold
H 72.25 in W 65 in D 0.88 in
19th Century Lacquered Painted and Gilt Four-Panel Screen or Room Divider
Located in Miami, FL
A beautifully detailed 19th century four panel, hand-carved and hand-painted dressing screen or room divider featuring social gatherings of families, musicians and scholars, around p...
Brass
$15,439 / item
H 32.68 in W 110.24 in D 40.56 in
Art Deco Sofa by Munna Design Studio with Velvet Upholstery
By Munna Design Studio
Located in New York, NY
This sofa features a wonderfully elegant fan-shaped motif, with its accentuated curvy lines with decadent and lavish finish. The feminine curves are ravishingly enhanced by the diffe...
Velvet
Pair of Modern Walnut Side Tables
By Theodore Alexander
Located in Westwood, NJ
A Pacific walnut side table, the square top with rounded corners and a reeded edge above a similar under tier, on bobbin turned legs. Dimensions: 26" W x 26" D x 28.5" H.
Wood
19th Century Chinese Small Altar Cabinet
Located in Singapore, SG
An antique carved box from Chaozhou city, in Guangdong, China. The black and gold colours, as well as the bulbous designs on the front are all distinct characteristics of Chaozhou de...
Pine
$3,062Sale Price|30% Off
H 43 in W 46.6 in D 19.5 in
Antique Korean Joseon Dynasty Zelkova & Brass Bandaji Tansu Chest Trunk
Located in Dayton, OH
Antique Korean Bandaji chest or trunk featuring Zelkova elm frame with brass accents. The Korean name bandaji (literally meaning "half closing") derives from the hinged door in the f...
Brass
$2,975Sale Price|30% Off
H 38 in W 90.5 in D 19.5 in
Japanese Elm Tansu Step Cabinet Chest Cupboard Double Sided Fretwork 90"
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Meiji style Tansu step chest, etagere or storage cabinet. Made from beautiful elm with traditional staircase form. The cabinet is double sided with intricate pierced fretwor...
Brass
$3,950
H 40 in W 76 in D 29.75 in
18th Century Louis XV Period Walnut Sofa with Floral Carvings and Tapestry Uphol
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant Louis XV period three-seat sofa from the Rhône Valley, beautifully crafted in solid walnut with graceful proportions and richly hand-carved details. The serpentine backres...
Walnut
$33,000
H 102.76 in W 130.71 in D 13 in
Italian Mid-Century Modern Large Architectural Library in Walnut
Located in Waalwijk, NL
Library wall-unit, walnut, Italy, 1960s Rooted in Italy’s mid-century design tradition, this substantial bookcase highlights the makers architectural sensibility and refined taste f...
Walnut
$16,000Sale Price|50% Off
H 52 in W 9 in D 32 in
15th C Gothic Tabernacle 4 ft.+ Rare Architectural Religious Art, Museum Quality
Located in Vero Beach, FL
15th century period Gothic Tabernacle, extremely rare (Medieval) architectural religious art, museum quality ecclesiastical altar piece. This is an absolutely stunning circa 1450 or...
Wood, Paint
$15,995 / set
H 32.75 in W 35 in D 41 in
Brazilian Jangada Rosewood & Leather Sling Chair with Ottoman by Jean Gillon
By Jean Gillon, Sergio Rodrigues, Percival Lafer
Located in Chattanooga, TN
Anchored in the bold horizons of 1960s Brazilian modernism, the Jangada lounge chair and ottoman by Jean Gillon stands as a testament to artful craftsmanship, organic structure, and ...
Leather, Rosewood
Early 20th Century Chinese folding screen
Located in Martlesham, GB
A highly decorative early 20th Century Chinese folding screen / divider consisting of seven panels, with each panel incorporating five individual panels, depicting various countrysid...
Pine
$370Sale Price|35% Off
H 16 in W 16 in D 0.5 in
Framed Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Embroidery 24LP126
Located in Pomona, CA
Originally purchased from Hong Kong, this Chinese antique embroidery presented in a museum quality. This textile was a roundel design likely from the center front of a noble woman's...
Silk
19th Century Anglo Indian carved sofa
Located in Martlesham, GB
A superb quality 19th Century Anglo Indian carved sofa, the shaped back profusely carved with various foliage, the frame connecting down to the highly carved and decorative front sup...
Teak
$6,890
H 68.51 in W 55.12 in D 78.75 in
20th Century Full Bed, Original Four Fluted Poster Spanish Bed with Wood Slabs
Located in Miami, FL
20th century baroque bed, original Spanish bed. This queen-size 4-poster bed is hand carved with elaborate details, fluted turned post, 3D open spiral twist spindles, and Moorish ...
Walnut
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Rug
Located in Chicago, IL
A simple but chic early 20th century Chinese Art Deco rug with two large floral clusters in opposite corners, one with chrysanthemums and the other with peonies, and surrounded by a ...
Wool
$3,880
H 1.5 in W 16 in D 8.5 in
19th Century Chinese Gilt Lacquer Fan with Mother of Pearl Faces and Lacquer Box
Located in Brea, CA
Antique 19th century hand painted Chinese fan with mother of pearl faces, Qing dynasty, the fan features black and gold lacquered handled a colorful screen with a figural, hand paint...
Lacquer
Early Meiji Period Japanese Elm Shadona Cabinet
Located in Dekalb, IL
c. 1870s/1880s; Japan Late 19th century decorative keyaki (Japanese elm) cabinet. This ornate, pagoda-inspired piece dates to the early/middle Meiji period in Japan and is construc...
Elm
The last imperial dynasty from 1644 to 1912 was a time of change in China, beginning with the invasion by Manchurian forces that ended the Ming dynasty and established the Shunzhi Emperor. The expansion of exportation and trade that had bolstered the arts during the Ming era continued, as Qing dynasty furniture involved the same attention to craftsmanship with expert construction techniques in hardwood pieces that were assembled with mortise and tenon joints rather than nails or glue. Together, these eras comprise a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant with clean lines. Chairs of the period and other Ming furniture made an impression on Scandinavian modernist Hans Wegner and his streamlined seating, for example. Whereas Qing-style furniture is elaborate, with an increasing influence from the West leading to lavish carving inspired by the European Baroque and Rococo styles. And while many of the forms that define examples of the latter are common within classical Chinese furniture, such as curving and folding chairs as well as large screens, Qing designs are laden with ornamentation. Frequently, the carved motifs and inlaid designs in mother-of-pearl were auspicious, such as peonies for wealth or dragons for luck. Bats were symbols of happiness in the design of Qing furniture, with one of the characters in the word for bat, bianfu, being a homophone for fu, or “fortune.”
While several types of wood were used in the construction of Qing beds, tables, storage pieces and seating, today’s collectors know that the most prized were the rare rosewoods zitan and huanghuali. They were both sourced from Hainan, China’s largest island, and are marked by a rich luster that occurs naturally, without the application of lacquer or other decorative materials. Many of the most popular woods were imported from southeast Asia, adding to their value. Red sandalwood was also sought after for its durability and connection with Chinese medicine, with some chairs being made for health benefits.
Find a collection of antique Qing tea tables, stools, benches, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.