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Chinese Plank Top Display Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This low display table exemplifies Qing-dynasty refinement with simplicity of form and minimal ornamentation. Crafted of walnut with mortise-and-tenon joinery, the 19th-century pedes...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Stacking Box Side Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It's easy to imagine the round lid of this Qing-dynasty stacking box lifting to reveal a feast of steaming-hot dumplings, mantou buns, filled baozi or other small delicacies. Origina...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bentwood
Wabi Sabi Door Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
With freeform shape and incredible texture, this low courtyard bench from Shandong province embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy that beauty and integrity can be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Benches
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Primitive Hewn Log Bench
Located in Chicago, IL
With freeform shape and incredible texture, this low courtyard bench from Shandong province embodies the spirit of wabi-sabi, the Japanese philosophy that beauty and integrity can be...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Organic Modern Benches
Materials
Reclaimed Wood
Petite Chinese Quarter Moon Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With rustic texture and simplicity of form, this petite 19th-century stool is a timeless example of casual seating in rural China. Crafted of northern elm (yumu) with mortise-and-ten...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Golden Brick Side Tables, 19th Century
Located in Chicago, IL
Part of the long history of Chinese ceramics, the hand-crafted earthenware tiles that top these square side tables were originally used to pave the floors of the Forbidden City palac...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Earthenware, Wood
Petite Chinese Red Lacquer Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In a traditional Chinese home, a long narrow table with everted flanges is placed in the main hall and set with beautiful objects such as instruments, flowers, or porcelains. Often r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Charred Chinese Kitchen Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This humble stool from the mid-19th century balances simplicity of form with the inimitable beauty of a timeworn patina. The low stool is crafted of elm with traditional mortise-and-...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Mushroom Chopping Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This petite 19th-century stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and fantastic, wabi-sabi texture. As evidenced by the many blade marks on the top, the stoo...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Iron Star Chopping Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the turn of the century, this provincial stool would have been used throughout a courtyard home as versatile everyday seating. Deceptively simple, the wooden stool is design...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Lacquered Console Table with Scroll Spandrels, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century console table has clean lines and minimalist appeal, simply decorated with relief-carved accents and an allover dark lacquer finish. Crafted with mortise-and-...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Four Leg Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic wooden stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its compact scale and timeworn texture. Crafted with mortise-and-tenon joinery methods, the stool features a round s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Slatted Back Bench, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming bench from the early 20th century comfortably seats three and combines the proportions of Western furniture with the decorative opulence of Qing-dynasty designs. Crafte...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Wood
Chinese Lattice Kitchen Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial lattice cabinet from the early 20th century was once used in a rural Chinese kitchen to store dishware, baskets and other kitchen supplies. Crafted with traditional m...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Spindleback Rose Chairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of elegant low-back armchairs date to the late Qing dynasty (1644-1911), designed with spindle-back frames and clean-lined silhouettes. Known as a rose chair (meiguiyi) or ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Flat Top Altar Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese altar table from the early 19th century exemplifies the refined forms of Ming and Qing dynasty furniture. The table has a classic recessed-leg design, featuring a flat, ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ironwood Plank Top Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant plank top altar table exemplifies the austere beauty and perfection of line that defines classical Chinese furniture. The 19th-century table would have originally been u...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Console Tables
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Narrow Lacquered Walnut Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This slender painting table from the early 19th-century exemplifies the timeless elegance of classical Chinese furniture forms. With its long surface ideal for contemplating scrolls ...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Console Tables
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Lacquered Barber's Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual lacquered stool is a 19th-century barber's stool designed to be carried from place to place for roadside haircuts. Crafted with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, th...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Side Tables
Materials
Elm
Japanese Cherry Lacquer Tansu Chest, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to be versatile and portable, Japanese tansu chests were multipurpose storage cabinets that moved throughout the home and could accompany their owners in long-distance trave...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Meiji Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Chinese Black Lacquer Four Flowers Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century altar coffer displays many traditional elements of Chinese cabinetry, such as its overhung, floating panel top flanked by curving spandrels or its painted doors sec...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Elm
Chinese Iron Star Chopping Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the turn of the century, this provincial stool would have been used throughout a courtyard home as versatile everyday seating. Deceptively simple, the wooden stool is design...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Stacked Stretcher Walnut Stools, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
More portable than heavy chairs, stools have been a favored form of seating in Chinese culture for centuries and were used indoors and out at mealtimes and during social gatherings. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Pair of Chinese Reeded Fang Deng Stools, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
More portable than heavy chairs, stools have been a favored form of seating in Chinese culture for centuries and were used indoors and out at mealtimes and during social gatherings. ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Petite Chinese Tall Back Porch Chair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Unusual for its small scale, this 19th-century tall back chair is a diminutive update on the classic yoke-back armchair popular since the Song dynasty. The traditional seat is also r...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Reed, Elm
Pair of Chinese Black Lacquer Tapered Cabinets, c. 1840
Located in Chicago, IL
With simplicity of form and an understated presence, these elegant lacquer cabinets exemplify the timeless appeal of classical Chinese furniture. Used in traditional homes in lieu of...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Chrysanthemum Lady's Chair, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming lady's chair dates to the early 19th century and is an armless variation on the classic Chinese 'southern official's hat chair.' The side chair is crafted of elm (yumu)...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Side Chairs
Materials
Elm
Chinese Full Moon Chopping Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This 19th-century tri-leg stool from China's Shanxi province charms with its top-heavy form and timeworn texture. Crafted of elm with mortise-and-tenon joinery, the robust stool stan...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Kitchen Charm Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This provincial tapered cabinet dates to the early 20th century and was once used in a rural Chinese kitchen to store dish ware, baskets and other kitchen supplies. Crafted of pine with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, the tall cabinet has a lightweight design with a tapered A-frame, an overhung top and plenty of storage, including two drawers and two enclosed compartments.
The upper compartment opens by two central doors secured with a brass latch on chrysanthemum plates...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Provincial Chinese Full Moon Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this early 20th century stool from Shanxi province shows off the ingenious joinery methods used by traditional Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Grand Chinese Black Lacquer Cabinet, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand black lacquer cabinet epitomizes the austere beauty of classical Chinese furniture design. Dated to the mid-18th century, the tall cabinet is crafted of northern elm (yumu...
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Chinese Minimalist Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Elm
Chinese Enchanted Garden Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant 19th-century coffer was crafted of elm (yumu) with a square corner frame and four doors, each decorated with a traditional bird-and-flower painting. The serene garden vi...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Elm
Chinese Red Crackle Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This low, four-leg stool is actually a headrest used atop a daybed or mat to support the head while sleeping, reclining, or smoking opium. As an opium accessory, rigid headrests such...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic piece of Chinese furniture, this striking red lacquer cabinet was likely part of a traditional wedding dowry, bestowed upon the groom by the bride's family filled with fine...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Petite Chinese Primitive Scroll Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
During winter in the colder provinces of China, life revolved around the kang, a heated brick platform that household members would sit or recline upon. Placed on top of the kang, lo...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic piece of Chinese furniture, this striking red lacquer cabinet was likely part of a traditional wedding dowry, bestowed upon the groom by the bride's family filled with fine...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Iron
Pair of Chinese Bentwood Chrysanthemum Armchairs, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of provincial 19th century armchairs from Shanxi province offers an unusual play on traditional forms. The chairs are designed in a classical style known as a "yoke-back ch...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Bamboo, Elm
Chinese Iron Clad Two Person Bench, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century bench is designed in a traditional style that dates back as far as the Song dynasty (690 to 1279 CE). The corner leg benches have floating panel tops, straight...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Iron
Chinese Walnut Spindleback Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This walnut chair from the early 20th-century owes its graceful design to the styles and techniques that emerged during the Ming dynasty, the golden age of Chinese furniture design. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Chairs
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Black Lacquer Book Chest, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
A rolled-up scroll or treasured root pot may have once been among the erudite objects stored in this stately 19th-century book chest. Expertly constructed of northern elm (yumu) with...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Round Leg Courtyard Bench, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century elmwood bench would have originally resided in the courtyard of a Qing-dynasty home to provide much-needed outdoor seating on hot summer days. The bench is de...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Benches
Materials
Elm
Tibetan Green & Red Poppy Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in 19th-century Tibet, this extraordinary cabinet is beautifully decorated from end to end with hand-painted floral motifs. Brushed in a cool palette of green, red, blue and ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Tibetan Red & Green Longevity Coffer, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in 19th-century Tibet, this captivating storage cabinet is beautifully decorated from end to end with vibrant red and green pigments. Densely patterned with incredible detail...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Round Leg Courtyard Stool, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This Chinese courtyard stool dates to the mid-19th century and has a classic splayed leg design with round legs and a rectangular seat. The stool is crafted of northern elmwood (yumu...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Round Leg Square Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This well-proportioned center table dates to the mid-19th century, crafted of elmwood (yumu) with mortise-and-tenon joinery with thick, round legs and an expansive floating-panel top...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Center Tables
Materials
Elm
Chinese Bentwood Roundback Armchair, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Prior to the 10th century, Chinese society eschewed raised seats in favor of mats. The rising popularity of chairs and other forms of elevated seating led craftsmen to adapt traditio...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Cinnabar Red Altar Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In traditional Chinese homes, slender, long tables such as this one are used to hold musical instruments, flowers, or vases. Often referred to as altar tables, this narrow table form...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer, Elm
Chinese Red Lacquer Official's Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The defining characteristic of a Chinese Officials Chair is the way that the back crest rail turns continuously into the back posts. Our artisan...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
Chinese Good Fortune River Basket, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Centuries ago, a woven reed fisherman’s basket such as this would have been common in rural China as an everyday item, used until it became worn through. This hand-woven example rema...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Decorative Baskets
Materials
Willow
Chinese Black Lacquer Square Corner Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With clean lines and a darkly lacquered finish, this square corner cabinet celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Dated to the mid-19th century, the tall cabine...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Korean Mother-of-Pearl Stool
Located in Chicago, IL
This ornate Korean stool was crafted in the early 20th century of lacquered papier-mâché with beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay, a decorative technique known as "najeonchilgi." During ...
Category
20th Century Korean Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Paper
Petite Chinese Display Table, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of a beautiful dense hardwood, this petite table from the late 19th century is designed for displaying precious objects, such as fine porcelain, sculptures, or incense burner...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Lucky Eight Stool, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The traditional squared lines of Ming furniture are given a distinctive curved flair in this late 19th century Provincial stool. A narrow seat is supported by four splayed legs that flare outwards with a natural bend. Resembling the Chinese character for the lucky number...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Two Drawer Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Used as a family altar table or for general storage, this 19th century coffer is decorated with intricate carvings of round chrysanthemum blossoms,...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Provincial Chinese Porch Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Deceptively simple, this rustic stool from the early 20th century shows off the ingenious joinery methods traditionally used by Chinese carpenters. The stool's three splayed legs are...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Round Turn Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It is unusual to see an early 20th-century Chinese round stool designed to be adjustable. The artisan who created this inventive stool hand-carved the cylindrical center post for eas...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Round Turn Stool, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
It is unusual to see an early 20th century Chinese round stool with adjustable height. The artisan who created this inventive stool hand-carved the cylindrical center post for easy a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Stools
Materials
Elm
Chinese Oval Hand Mirror with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century oval hand mirror is set in a fine hardwood frame decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay of bamboo culms and plum blossom branches. The handle is decorated with ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Mirror, Hardwood
Chinese Oval Hand Mirror with Mother of Pearl Inlay, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This large, early 20th-century hand mirror is set in a fine hardwood frame decorated with mother-of-pearl inlay of flowering vines. The handle is decorated with plum blossoms and a b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood, Mother-of-Pearl
Pair of Round Chinese Hand Mirrors, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
These charming hand mirrors date to the early 20th century and feature round mirrors set within turned hardwood frames. Minimally decorated, the pair is simply carved to showcase the tight grain and even coloring of the fine hardwood. The handles are shaped with smooth, hourglass contours that fit in the hand nicely.
From the collection of Frances and Gary Comer.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood
