Pair of Chinese Yokeback Children's Chairs, c. 1850

Every so often we come across a rare piece of furniture that, even after centuries have passed, still evokes the life and personality of the original owner. Over 200 years ago this c...

In the West, this type of chair is commonly called a "yokeback" chair because its top rail looks like a yoke for an ox. However, in China, the name translates to "lamp hanger" chair, describing how the form as a whole looks like an ancient oil lamp stand...

For many years, rose chairs were thought to have been exclusively used by women due to their floral name. However, they were a universal form of seating, of...

This pair of elmwood roundback armchairs was made over a hundred and fifty years ago in China’s Shanxi province. Touched by the personal aesthetic s...

These 19th century cypress chairs with gently curved crest rails and undulating aprons were created by the age-old process of soaking, bending, and heating the wood to form it into t...

This pair of 19th century elmwood administrator's chairs are from northern China and feature arching back splats hand carved with traditional motifs including peonies, sparrows, and ...

A Dutch-colonial Indonesian small Albizia adoratissima, Nangka and Ambalo wood Lady’s tambour bureau with silver mounts Batavia (Jakarta) or Palembang, late 18th century H. 129.5 x W. 70 x D. 39 cm The tambour desk or bureau a` cilindre came into fashion in the Dutch East Indies of the late 18th century, when French forms prevailed in the Netherlands. The carvings on the apron and the stiles on the sides and at the top of the central stile are typical Indonesian designs. This small piece of furniture is not a miniature but was probably used as a regular bureau-cabinet by colonial society women of Indonesian-European descent. They usually are smaller than European women and often didn’t use chairs but sat or kneeled, and even slept on the floor for coolness. Earlier that century Dutch-colonial Indonesian and Cape Dutch...

This pair of children’s chairs has a back frame in the Southern Official hat style. The seat is made of a solid plank of wood. The aprons are do...

An antique Chinese child's corner chair from the 19th century, with bamboo frame and hexagonal base. Our hearts melt immediately upon inspection of this rustic child's corner chair! ...

This is an old Japanese children's chair. All frames are made of solid chestnut wood. Brass casters are attached to the legs. The natural color of the wood makes it suitable for a va...

A Dutch-colonial Sri Lankan coromandel wood miniature chest of drawers with silver mounts Sri Lanka, 18th century, circa 1750 H. 35 x W. 48 x D....

These spectacular olive wood chairs have been hand-carved in Spain and feature beautiful rustic scroll ladder-back carvings and hand-woven rush seatin...