Pair of Tansu Chests on Iron Bases

This 2-part antique Japanese tansu has lovely old-patina wood and and attractive hand-forged iron handles and other hardware. It can be used as-shown, stacked or separated and raised on simple metal stands. When separated, the two drawer sets make excellent side chests. Japanese storage tansu chests...

Japanese storage tansu chests were used to hold clothing and other personal effects in a 19th Century Japanese home. Because Japanese home...

This brightly ornamented Korean chest once contained blankets and clothing given as part of a marriage dowry. The elaborate white brass hardware i...

This brightly ornamented Korean chest was used to hold blankets, garments and other gifts that would be presented to the newlyweds as part of the dowry. It has a fall-front opening and large metal handles for carrying on either side. The elaborate white brass hardware...

This brightly ornamented antique Korean chest once contained blankets and clothing given as part of a marriage dowry. The distinctive feature of ...

This elegant small coffer, features a floating panel top sitting above three drawers, each and fitted with boldly-scaled rectangular brass hardware and a curved handle. Beneath the drawers is a floating panel, which conceals interior storage, accessible only by removing one of the drawers. Our eyes are immediately drawn to the carved archaistic spandrels (inspired by a dragon) that decorate the sides and give the piece its distinctive profile. With its refined proportions design aged black lacquer patina, this middle Qing Dynasty will be a unique focal point in any room. This is a very old piece and remarkably, almost unrestored. The legs have suffered water damage from placement on the moist terra cotta floor...

This 20th-century Japanese Tokyo Tansu chest for clothing produced at the beginning of the Taisho period it’s an example of furniture characteristic of this period in Japan and in vo...

This 19th-century Japanese Tansu clothing chest produced in the Meiji period is made of Japanese cedar wood (cryptomeria Japonica) in its inner parts, while for the outer parts it is...

An antique Japanese Meiji period tansu clothing chest from the 19th century, with black and brown patina. Created in Japan during the 19th century, this tansu chest features a rectangular top sitting above seven drawers surrounding a side door hiding additional drawers. Boasting brown, black and dark red tones, the chest showcases lateral handles allowing the piece to be moved more easily. With its clean lines and complimenting colors, this 19th century Japanese Meiji tansu...

A Japanese Taisho period antique tansu chest from the early 20th century with five drawers and iron hardware. Created in Japan during the Taisho period, this tansu chest features a s...

This is a very good example of a Meiji Period Sendai Tansu in Keyaki wood. This one-part tansu dates to circa 1880 and is in very good overall condition a...

A Japanese Meiji period single section tansu clothing chest from the late 19th century in Isho-dansu style, with zebra wood, five drawers and carrying handles. Created in Japan during the Meiji period in the later years of the 19th century, this wooden Isho-dansu clothing chest features a linear silhouette perfectly complimented by a dark zebra wood grain. The organized façade showcases five drawers (three large ones followed by two smaller ones at the bottom), each fitted with iron hardware made of C-scroll handles and a central lock. Tansus were portable chests...