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Material: Shell
Oriental Cabinet with Mother-of- Pearl, Turn of the 19th and 20th Century
Located in Opole, PL
We present you this antique piece of furniture, circa 1900, probably manufactured in China for the European market.
The cabinet is composed of a base with legs characteristic for eastern furniture and an upper section with false door...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Shell Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Japanese Carved and Lacquered Shibayama Cabinet, Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
An elaborate and finely detailed carved wood, and gold lacquered Shibayama cabinet (Chigaidansu). Having beautifully applied semi-precious stone and ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Coil Mother of Pearl Inlay Nesting Tables
Located in New York, NY
Add a touch of timeless elegance to your home with our handcrafted Mother of Pearl Nesting Table in black. The stunning Mother of Pearl inlay is paired with sleek metal legs, creatin...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Mid-Century Modern Shell Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
19th Century Chinese Red Lacquered Opium Canopy Bed
Located in Richmond, VA
Opt for drama with this late 19th century Chinese opium canopy bed, crafted of elmwood. The exterior is heavily decorated with gold leafing, carvings, ornate carved figurine pillars,...
Category
19th Century Asian Chinese Export Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Cane, Wood, Elm, Giltwood, Lacquer
Vintage Coastal Woven Rattan Twin Headboards - a Pair
Located in west palm beach, FL
Fabulous vintage Coastal twin headboards. Beautiful woven rattan in a pale finish with carved wood shell detail. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Mid-Century Modern Shell Furniture
Materials
Shell, Rattan
Korean Low Lacquer Table with Elaborate Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Korean black lacquered wood low table with elaborate inlay works circa late Joseon dynasty (late 19th century to turn of 20th century). The low table, supported by slightly curved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Korean Other Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Korean Lacquer Wood Stacking Nong Cabinets with Striking Inlays
Located in Atlanta, GA
A fine pair of two-tier stacking cabinets, known as Nong in Korean, circa early 20th century (Korean Empire to Japanese Colonial Period). The square cabinet each is fitted with a pai...
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Other Shell Furniture
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 Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Lacquer, Paper
Japanese Shibayama Cabinet, Carved and Black Lacquered, Meiji Period, 1870s
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding Shibayama cabinet from the Meiji period in black lacquered and hand-carved wood with marvellous arrangement of sliding and hinged doors and drawers decorated with preciou...
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Pair of Chinese Laquer and Hardstone Cabinets, Late 19th - Early 20th Century
Located in San Francisco, CA
Excellent pair of Chinese lacquered cabinets or nightstands decorated with hardstone and mother of pearl carvings of flora and fauna. These dark brown chests...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Shell Furniture
Materials
Stone
Antique Carved and Inlaid Altar Table, Chinoiserie, 19th Century
Located in Toronto, CA
This is a gorgeous late Qing Dynasty Chinese altar table made of Rosewood. Scroll ends carved with dragons and beautiful mother-of-pearl inlay on all sides, including top, back, legs...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Fine Antique Moorish Ottoman Inlaid Syrian Levantine Table Tabouret Islamic 1880
Located in Portland, OR
A Fine Antique Ottoman inlaid walnut table/tabouret, circa 1880.
The table is in remarkable condition, the ten sided top is finely inlaid with ebony, bo...
Category
1880s Syrian Moorish Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Bone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Walnut
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 Shell 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 Shell Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Hardwood, Mother-of-Pearl
Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer Vargueno Cabinet, circa 1600
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Portuguese-colonial Japanese Namban lacquer vargueno cabinet
Momoyama period, circa 1600
H. 43 x W. 64.5 x D. 36 cm
Wood, black lacquered and deco...
Category
Early 1600s Japanese Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Gold, Brass
Syrian Wedding Chest with Mother of Pearl Inlays and Marble Top, Mid Century
Located in Munich, DE
This handcrafted Syrian wedding chest is designed with mother-of-pearl inlays, three drawers and a marble top. It expresses the rich culture and a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Moroccan Islamic Shell Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Chinoiserie Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A circa 1920's black-laquered Chinese cabinet with inlayed stone and mother-of-pearl figures.
Measurements:
Height: 36"
Width: 38"
Depth: 19".
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Shell Furniture
Materials
Wood, Mother-of-Pearl
Pair of Antique Chinese Horseshoe Back Armchairs with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Pomona, CA
This gorgeous pair of Chinese antique Horseshoe Back Armchairs were made from solid rosewood with Mother of Pearl inlay around the armrest and back. Very solid and sturdy. It feature...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Jagae
Located in Yongsan-Gu, KR
Maedeup is a multi-functional furniture/ wall decoration that highlights the Korean traditional knot-making method interpreted into the contemporary design piece by collaborating with a seamstress who worked on beddings for more than 30 years, following the traditional way of making the knots created with sustainable, animal cruelty-free material.
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Handcrafted, mega-sized (made with a pillow of 30m in length, 14 cm in diameter), experimental furniture incorporating a variety of traditional Korean knots, is one of the oldest forms of decorative art. This multipurpose furniture...
Category
2010s South Korean Shell Furniture
Materials
Abalone, Birch, Lacquer
Antique 20th Century Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Beautiful and antique Japanese Mother-of-Pearl Bento Box with full array of components included. Unique iridescent lacquer finish throughout, with black & gold hand painted details a...
Category
20th Century Japanese Other Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Mother of Pearl French Colonial Vietnamese 2-Door Cabinet
Located in Pasadena, CA
A solid rosewood cabinet with the front richly inlaid with mother of pearl depicting birds and a delicate floral motif. Made in Vietnam for the export market. The two doors open to r...
Category
20th Century Vietnamese British Colonial Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Chinese Republic Circa 1930's Hardwood Mother of Pearl Inlaid Table & Stools
Located in GB
A very good looking and well made suite, the table is rosewood with mother of pearl inlay, the central section has peacocks which symbolised dignity and beauty and was favoured throughout the Republic period. The peacocks are surrounded by hearts and then on the outer edge flowers.
We are delighted to offer this lovely suite of Chinese Republic circa 1930's rosewood with mother of pearl inlay dining...
Category
1930s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Antique circa 1900 Japanese Shibayama Inlaid Side Table Depicting Rickshaw Scene
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer this stunning antique Japanese Shibayyama inlaid side table depicting a rickshaw driver and client in mother of pearl
This table is sublime, absolutely e...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Late Victorian Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Hardwood
Japanese Export Lacquer Mother-of-Pearl Secretaire for the American Market
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare Japanese export lacquered secretaire for the American market
Circa 1800-1830, Colonial
Overall densely decorated with flower sprays and landscapes, minutely inlaid with ...
Category
1810s Japanese Edo Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
Very Rare 19th Century Chinese Mother of Pearl Inlaid Cabinet Cupboard Drawers
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this stunning exceptionally rare original circa 1820 Chinese Mother of Pearl inlaid cabinet
A ver...
Category
1820s Chinese Chinese Export Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Pair Levantine Mother of Pearl Inlaid Side Chairs
Located in Dallas, TX
Unique pair of Levantine black and mother of pearl inlaid side chairs. Both chairs are intricately inlaid with lustrous mother of pearl in sophisticated details.
Category
Late 19th Century African Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Antique Chinese Carved Wood Table with Mother of Pearl Inlay
Located in Toronto, ON
An unusual Chinese antique carved wood table with beautiful mother of pearl inlay.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Shell Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood
English Table with Lacquer Japanning, Eggshell Design and Bamboo
Located in Hudson, NY
English table with lacquer japanning, eggshell design and bamboo, Japanning is a term used for when Europeans mimic Japanese lacquer by applying a hard, black surface to an item. Thi...
Category
Early 1900s British Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Eggshell, Bamboo
Early 20th Century Japanese Lacquered Low Table
Located in Pasadena, CA
An antique Wakasa lacquered low table, inlaid with abalone shells from Japan, circa 1920s. This type of table is extremely labour intensive. They were not made after the 1950s. Under...
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Shell Furniture
Materials
Abalone
Late 19th Century Chinese Petit Taboret, Birds, Branches, Blossoms Motif
Located in San Francisco, CA
Late 19th century Chinese petite taboret. Birds, branches, blossoms motif. Jewelry like fine details.
Dark hardwood with mother of pearl shell blossoms. Openwork carved branches motif with finely carved birds throughout. Fine incised / engraved details on the mother of pearl birds...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Marble
China Finest Antique Dream Stone And Mother Pearl Inlaid Chair
Located in South Burlington, VT
Finest Quality Dreamstone Inlaid Chair
China- an extraordinary prolifically crafted example of an antique hand carved hardwood chair inlaid with multiple natural dream stone "paintings" plus "butterfly and mother of pearl" inlays in its hardwood arms and seat, late 19th century.
This type of old Chinese furniture art form with marble inlay is centuries of years old dating as far back as the Ming dynasty (1368-1644).
Fine round and rectangular dream stones depicting mountains and the natural outdoor scenery are inlaid in the seat, back and interior sides of this finest furniture example. Thin marble inlaid stone "paintings" are approximately 1/4" thick and are cut from a large slab of rough material revealing incredible patterns in soft white and gray colors. The hardwood (elmwood) frame is tenon joined. The natural stone "paintings" were hand especially for fine export chairs as in this example.
Chair dimensions:
Height 38.75 inches
Width 25.75 inches
Depth 19 inches
Period : late Qing period, 19th century
Provenance: Private American Chinese collection
Reference: Dreaming of Dreamstones China’s Extraordinary Natural Stone Paintings, Schneible Fine Arts. Dreaming of Dreamstones – World’s first comprehensive English text publication covers China’s extraordinary natural Stone Paintings, by author and dream stone lecturer Douglas Schneible, 35 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-578. See photos.
We have been dealing in authentic Chinese natural stone paintings...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Marble
Japonisme Mother of Pearl Inlaid Hardwood Display Cabinet after Viardot
Located in London, GB
This wonderful display cabinet is designed in a ‘Japonisme’ (Japanese) style, which was popular in Europe in the mid-late 19th century. This craze was kick-started by Japan reopening to trade with the West, and exporting Japanese goods—including furniture and decorative art—to Europe. One craftsmen by the name of Gabriel Viardot (1830-1906) established a name for himself in France producing Chinese and Japanese style furniture...
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Late 19th Century French Japonisme Antique Shell Furniture
Materials
Metal
Exquisite Oversized Japanese Ten-Drawer Cabinet Meiji Period
Located in San Francisco, CA
A very large, heavy and unique Japanese ten-drawer elm cabinet with beautifully decorated doors and lacquer finish.
Cabinet is constructed of thick slabs of elm with a richly colo...
Category
1920s Japanese Vintage Shell Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Andrianna Shamaris Teak Wood Column Base
Located in New York, NY
A pair of original teak wood column bases found in Sumatra. We added the shell inlay. Glass or Lucite can be added to the top for a small side table. Also great as a candle base. Pai...
Category
1950s Indonesian Primitive Vintage Shell Furniture
Materials
Shell, Wood, Teak, Reclaimed Wood
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