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Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in the mid-19th century, 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 silk...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Lacquered Chinese Square Corner Cabinets, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Defined by straight sides, angular corners and an imposing scale, the Chinese square-corner cabinet is a timeless design appreciated for its ample storage and clean-lined silhouette....
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Morning Sky Blue Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this early 20th-century herdsman's chest has a streamlined design and plenty of rustic appeal. Originally configured to open from t...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Materials
Pine
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...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Two Door Locking Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This small locking cabinet from the late 19th century has a richly aged patina that only time can achieve. Crafted of pine with a burgundy lacquer finish, the two-door cabinet has a ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Guatemalan Folk Painted Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful painted trunk dates to the mid-20th century and was lovingly crafted by traditional folk artisans in Guatemala. Ideal as a blanket chest, the wooden trunk is crafted of...
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Mid-20th Century Guatemalan Folk Art Trunks and Luggage
Materials
Pine
Pastoral Chinese Keeper's Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic six-door coffer from the early 20th century balances modern simplicity with humble, timeworn materials. Attributed to artisans of Xinjiang province in Western China, the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Lacquered Chinese Locking Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of elm with a dark lacquer finish, this small locking cabinet from the mid-19th century embodies the refined simplicity of Ming-dynasty furniture. Following the design of tra...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm
French Louis Philippe Armoire, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant French armoire dates to the mid-19th century, crafted in the Louis Philippe style with streamlined form and luminous, warm brown maple veneer. The well-proportioned cabi...
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Antique Mid-19th Century French Louis Philippe Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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 Herdsman's Sideboard, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this early 20th-century six door coffer has a minimalist design and plenty of rustic appeal. Originally configured to open from the...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Materials
Pine
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
Pastoral Chinese Trailing Vines Coffer, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic four-door coffer from the early 20th century balances modern simplicity with humble, timeworn materials. Attributed to artisans of Xinjiang province in Western China, the...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Pastoral Chinese Four Door Coffer, c. 1920
Located in Chicago, IL
This rustic four-door coffer from the early 20th century balances modern simplicity with humble, timeworn materials. Attributed to artisans of Xinjiang province in Western China, the...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Bohemian Sideboards
Materials
Pine
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...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Rustic Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Untitled (Red Door Coffer), c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This early 20th-century coffer from Shanxi province has a streamlined design and plenty of rustic appeal. Originally configured to open from the top, the chest has been modified to o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Modern Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Nine Drawer Keeper's Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century storage chest balances a streamlined silhouette with wabi-sabi textures. Originally configured to open from the top, the cabinet's paneled front has been modif...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Minimalist Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Two Door Keeper's Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This late 19th-century storage coffer balances a streamlined silhouette with textured, wabi-sabi materials. Created in the style of Mongolian trunks, the two-door sideboard was origi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Materials
Pine
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
French Panetière Bread Safe, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This exceptional display of woodworking is a 19th-century panetière, or bread box, once used daily in a country home in the south of France. An iconic form of French Provincial furni...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century French French Provincial Cabinets
Materials
Brass
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
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
Tibetan Pegam Prayer Table, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual 19th-century low cabinet is a distinctive form of Tibetan furniture known as a pegam or book chest. Used in the personal chambers of Tibetan monks or as an altar surface...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Cabinets
Materials
Pine
Fine Chinese Scholars' Display Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant display cabinet from the late 19th century exemplifies the perfection of line and proportion that makes classical Chinese furniture so timeless. The tall cabinet has a r...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
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 Red Lacquer Medicine Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This gorgeous lacquered cabinet is a 19th-century Chinese apothecary chest, originally used in a pharmacy to organize and store traditional herbal medicines. A statement piece brilli...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Pair of Chinese Oxblood Red Harmony Trunks, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
This statement pair of storage trunks from northern China accent modern interiors with rich color, hand-painted artistry and a weathered texture that only time can achieve. Dated to ...
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Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Night Stands
Materials
Wood
Tibetan Trailing Vines Cabinet, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in late 19th-century Tibet, this charming side cabinet is beautifully decorated in the Sino-Tibetan style with an allover design of trailing vines and geometric scrollwork. A...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Tibetan Golden Wheel Trunk, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Made of humble pine, this late 19th-century Tibetan trunk once sparkled with vibrant color and shimmering gilt embellishment. A century of use has softened its original brilliance, t...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
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 ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Tibetan Flaming Jewel Trunk, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A lavishly decorated trunk such as this likely originated in a Tibetan monastery, where it was used to store textiles, clothing, altar objects or other precious objects. Often commis...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Blanket Chests
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
Tibetan Water Dragon Kyungbur Trunk
Located in Chicago, IL
This Tibetan trunk from the early 20th century is lavishly decorated from end to end in with a bold palette of red, orange, green and blue. A highly decorated trunk such as this was ...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Blanket Chests
Materials
Pine
Speckled Pine Gobi Sideboard, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this early 20th-century herdsman's chest has a modern design of simple lines and rustic texture. Originally configured to open from...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Raw Pine Herdsman's Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this early 20th-century herdsman's chest has a modern design of simple lines and rustic texture. Originally configured to open from...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Organic Modern Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Four Piece Chinese Stacking Cabinet, c. 1930
Located in Chicago, IL
This refined, early 20th century stacking cabinet from Beijing commands its surroundings with grand scale, rich materials, and a timeless modular desig...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Brass
$6,880 / set
Provincial Chinese Dongbei Sideboard, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
The warm tones and active grain of natural pine wood are the focus of this unusually articulated Dongbei sideboard. Made for a provincial home in northeastern China, this table was o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Square Corner Locking Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, the simple design of this low locking chest celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Crafted from reclaimed elmwood, the cabinet i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Camphor Burl Compound Cabinets, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
These refined Qing-dynasty compound cabinets command their surroundings with grand scale and fine materials. Constructed of camphor with traditional joinery, the tall cabinets are co...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Burl
Chinese Painted Black Lacquer Scholars' Cabinet, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Constructed with four doors, this spectacular Qing-dynasty cabinet from the mid-19th century is lavishly painted with scenes of courtly life in a grand palace garden. Seamlessly constructed and darkly lacquered, the tall cabinet provides the perfect blank canvas for an artist’s painted embellishments.
The upper doors depict a gathering of scholar-officials and fine ladies in a traditional courtyard pavilion. The lower doors are painted with mythical wise men navigating the wilderness with their young attendants. Surrounding the lower doors are several boys leaping about and playing together, a version of the Hundred Boys...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
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
Chinese Red Lacquer Coffer with Gilt Carvings, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this vibrant red coffer was likely used as both an altar for ancestor worship and as a storage cabinet for clothes, textiles, and other household items. The large coffer is crafted of northern elm with straight sides, an expansive floating-panel top, and ornately-carved gilt aprons.
The center apron is carved with a pierced design of ribbon-clad scholars’ objects consisting of books, scrolls, and a weiqi game...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Cypress, Lacquer
Chinese Four Door Herdsman Coffer, circa 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this late 19th-century herdsman's chest has a minimalist design with rustic appeal. The square corner cabinet is decorated with a s...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Monumental Chinese Robe Trunk with Full Moon Lock, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
For thousands of years, traditional Chinese architecture had no interior closets, and trunks and cabinets were used as a storage solution for clothing, precious books, and scrolls. T...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Blanket Chests
Materials
Brass
Chinese Red Lacquer Scholars' Cabinet, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
With its commanding scale and simple silhouette, this tall Qing-dynasty cabinet offered the perfect canvas for elaborate decoration. Crafted in the mid-19th century, the cabinet has ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cupboards
Materials
Elm
Chinoiserie Gilt Lacquer Table Secretaire
Located in Chicago, IL
This charming tabletop secretaire is decorated in gold and black in the Chinoiserie style. The exterior is finished with black lacquer and painted with scenic mountain landscapes, br...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Secretaires
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Chinese Marigold Yellow Storage Coffer, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
While most Chinese lacquered furniture is black or red in color, this 19th-century storage coffer is colored by a marigold-yellow lacquer finish with a wonderful crackled texture. Th...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Petite Coffer Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfectly proportioned for its petite size, this low elmwood chest is the ideal place to stow odds and ends. The charming cabinet has all the features of a traditional Chinese coffer - straight recessed legs, curving spandrels, and a floating-panel top that moves with the seasons. The small chest has a single shallow drawer...
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Buffets
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Elm
Chinese Square Corner Locking Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, the simple design of this low locking chest celebrates the restraint of classic Chinese furniture forms. Crafted from reclaimed elmwood, the cabinet is modeled after those used for general storage in a Qing-dynasty home. The cabinet is minimally decorated save for its dark, espresso-brown finish and the soft glimmer of its brass dagger...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Minimalist Cabinets
Materials
Elm
Chinese Great Plains Coffer, c. 1880
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the style of Mongolian storage coffers, this late 19th-century herdsman's chest has a straightforward design and plenty of rustic appeal. Originally configured to open fro...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Chinese Rustic Sideboards
Materials
Pine
Chinese Ten-Drawer Paneled Sideboard, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Intricately constructed with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, this lacquered coffer was crafted by an artisan in northern China during the late Qing dynasty. Popular in China s...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Sideboards
Materials
Elm
Chinese Two-Piece Stacking Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Classic Chinese furniture design is characterized by the flawless construction, purity of line, and dedication to detail you see here in this beautiful two-piece stacking cabinet...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Minimalist Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Chinese Diamond Lattice Display Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The focal point of this beautiful 19th century scholars' display cabinet is undoubtedly the complex diamond-form lattice panels fitted into the tall double doors...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Tibetan Painted Dragon Chest of Drawers, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The number 12 figures prominently in Tibetan astrology, making this simple chest’s dozen drawers the perfect canvas to honor the year of the dragon. Tibet...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Tibetan Tibetan Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood, Lacquer, Paint
Chinese Lacquered Scholars' Shelf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This striking red and black lacquer bookcase once stood in the center of a traditional Chinese scholars' studio, displaying a collection of books, scrolls, and treasured objects. The...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Shelves
Materials
Elm
Chinese Red Lacquer Tapered Cabinet, C. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A classic piece of Chinese furniture, large, upright cabinets such as this were used in traditional homes in lieu of built-in closets, filled with clot...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Cupboards
Materials
Brass
Chinese Two-Door Black Cabinet, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
The imposing doors of this 19th century cabinet are accented with a trio of lozenge-shaped moldings that enliven the tall, rectilinear silhouette with horizontal lines. Invigorating ...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Swedish Rococo Parquetry Bombe Commode, c. 1750
Located in Chicago, IL
This magnificent three-drawer bombe commode dates to the mid-18th century and exemplifies the Swedish Rococo furniture style. The commode has a pleasing curvilinear shape, a sinuous line drawn by the high knees, flared legs, and outward swell of its three drawers. The serpentine shape is characteristic of Swedish Rococo commodes, as is the distinctive parquetry veneer and thin gilt handles. Each of the three wide drawers is decorated with parquetry borders...
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Antique Mid-18th Century Swedish Rococo Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Chinese Lacquered Two-Door Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, this cabinet’s minimalist design celebrates the natural beauty and texture of northern elm (yumu). Accented with a carved lotus apron and the quiet lu...
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Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing End Tables
Materials
Brass
