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Period: Mid-19th Century
Pair Antique Ming Style Chinese Qing Carved Hardwood Gilt Lacquer Throne Chairs
Located in Portland, OR
A fine pair of antique 19th Century Chinese Ming style carved, lacquered & gilt throne armchairs, Qing dynasty, circa 1860.
This very attractive pair of antique carved Chinese throne...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Lacquer
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Apothecary / Medicin Chest of Drawer
Located in Kastrup, DK
Medicine chest in original red lacquer with 40 drawers. with Chinese calligraphy in lacquer.
These were used to store and organise Chinese herbs and the...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Japanese Kuruma-dansu
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Japanese Kuruma-dansu, a wheeled storage chest traditionally kept in the Kura (storeroom) for the specific purpose of containing valuables, thus the wheeled carriage for a quick exit...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
$9,000
Mid 19th Century Indian Cabinet with Hand-Carved Floral Motifs and Iron Hardware
Located in Yonkers, NY
A mid 19th century Indian Gujarat hand-carved wooden cabinet with ring pulls and iron hardware. Created in India during the mid 19th century, this narrow cabinet features a linear silhouette beautifully accented with hand-carved floral motifs and iron stretchers. Topped with a molded cornice, the cabinet showcases two doors fitted with ring pulls and horizontal metal stretchers, that open to reveal three inner shelves offering ample storage. The elegance of this piece showcases the Indian wood carving...
Category
Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Iron
Mid-19th Century Red Lacquered Sideboard from Shanxi, China
Located in Kastrup, DK
Chinese 19th century sideboard cabinet with orginal lacquer.
Front and top with deep dark red lacquer, sides with black lacquer.
Features double bi-fold doors revealing a storage...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Brass
Cabinet in Original Dark Yellow Lacquer, Shandong, China, 1850 -1870
Located in Kastrup, DK
Cabinet in original dark yellow lacquer with beautiful age-related patina.
The top a pair of doors with bars, opens up double, bottom with four doors.
Original cabinet with patina...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Export Gilt Black Lacquer Table 3 Drawer Desk 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique gilt-wood & black lacquer Chinese Export Qing dynasty table desk, circa 1850.
The table top is finely hand-painted to the top with a gilded landscape scene, depicting ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
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
Tibetan Tibetan Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Pine
Brown Sideboard, Shanxi Province
Located in Kastrup, DK
Sideboard in an original beautiful nut colored lacquer with a good patina.
Two drawers under which a pair doors with a central bar.
If needed the center bar can easily be removed to make it easy to place a wider item into the cabinet
From Shanxi Province...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Metal
Antique Korean Bandaji Chest Pyongan Do Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique Korean wood Bandaji circa 19th century of Joseon Dynasty. Relatively rare, this Bandaji was likely from the southern part of the Pyongan province near Hwanghae province (i...
Category
Korean Other Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Metal
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Pair Of Antique Footstools, English, Walnut, Cushioned Stool, Early Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of antique footstools. An English, walnut and boxwood cushioned stool, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1840.
Fas...
Category
British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Boxwood, Walnut
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Antique Fine Carved Chinese Hong Mu or Mahogany three Drawer Qing Altar Table
Located in Casteren, NL
This elegant Altar table was made in the Chinese Shanxi period and dates approximately 1850.
It is well constructed using mortise and tenon joinery techniques as was common on thes...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
$5,056 Sale Price
20% Off
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Louis Xv1 Style Marble Topped Pedestals
Located in London, GB
A Fabulous Pair of Linke Style Marble Topped Marquetry inlaid Pedestals
Francois linke (1855-1946) was a well known Cabinet Maker of the late 19th
These Pedestals are made from Kingw...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Kingwood
$16,669 Sale Price / set
50% Off
Chinese Export Coromandel Lacquer Cabinet on Stand, Mid-19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A delightful Chinese coromandel brown lacquer cabinet on stand, made for the export market, early to mid-19th century, China, presented on an early 20th century custom fitted stand.
The gem of a cabinet is fitted with doors and drawers, and decorated on all sides.
The top, back and sides with lacquer painted scenes of birds and flowers.
The front of the cabinet featuring a pair of stunning coromandel doors carved with a shanshui (mountain and water) landscape scene, complete with temples and pagodas, boats and bridges, and figures, all set against craggy mountains shrouded in clouds and rippling water.
The cabinet mounted with brass hinges and lock plates (key included) and a pair of carrying handles.
Opening the doors reveals eleven wondrous black lacquer drawers...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Hand-Carved Swat Chest from Pakistan
Located in Prato, IT
Swat, Pakistan
Period: mid-19th century
Entirely hand carved
Interlocking structure no gluing
Very good condition
Measurements: cm W113 x D59 x H121.5 cm.
Category
Pakistani Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Set of 6 Single and 2 Arm Chippendale Revival Mahogany Dining Chairs
Located in London, GB
A fine quality set of 6 single and 2 arm Chippendale revival Mahogany Dining Chairs, acanthus carved throughout having shaped top rail above interlaced splats with honeysuckle detail...
Category
English Chippendale Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Desktop Writing Slope, English Burr Walnut Correspondence Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desktop writing slope. An English, burr walnut and brass correspondence box, dating to the mid Victorian period, circa 1860.
An attractive and delightfully appoin...
Category
British Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Brass
Qing Dynasty Coffee Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period walnut wood coffee table from the 19th century
Square top with waisted apron atop a black lacquered frame and horse hoof l...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Walnut
A Sri Lankan ebony and cane ‘Easy chair’ or 'planter's chair'
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A Sri Lankan ebony and cane ‘Easy chair’ or 'planter's chair'
Galle, mid-19th century
H. 101 x W. 61 x D. 78.5 cm
H. 38.5 cm (seat height)
Ebony f...
Category
Sri Lankan Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Ebony
Antique Burmese Karen Frog Drum
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Burmese Karen Frog Drum, a fine smaller bronze tribute drum (Heger Type III), Pazi (Burmese), pam klo’ (Karen) also known as “The Magical Bronze P...
Category
Burmese Tribal Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Bronze
19th Century Chinese Ironwood (Teilimu) Kang Table
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th century kang table is rare because of the wood it’s carved from, Ironwood. Teilimu, Chinese Ironwood is a slow growing dense hardwood that i...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique circa 1860 Chinese Hand Painted Wedding Cabinet Housekeepers Cupboard
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique circa 1860 hand painted and lacquered Chinese Wedding cupboard for folded linens etc
A ver...
Category
English High Victorian Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
Large Pair of Hand-Carved 19th Century Chinese Rootwood Throne Chairs/Arm Chairs
Located in New York, NY
A Magnificent and Quite Large Pair of Hand-Carved 19th Century Chinese Rootwood Throne Chair/Arm Chairs. According to an article posted by the MET Museum, rustic rootwood chairs such as these were meant to suggest Buddhist and Daoist figure’s lack of attachment to earthly luxuries. Instead of depicting deities and important religious icons on sumptuous thrones, rootwood chairs signified the relationship between humans and nature. Each chair is hand-carved from the finest rootwood and further lacquered creating a rich dark color on the exterior of the wood. The seating areas are finished with comfortable white cushions and they are ready to be used in any decor. A similarly designed rootwood table...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Export Bronze-Mounted Red Lacquer and Parcel-Gilt Cabinets
Located in Hudson, NY
On later stands, each fitted with a pair of cabinet doors opening to shelves. Loose translation of the calligraphy across the four doors reads:
"Going tens of miles in Jiangnan in ...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Square Display Table with Scroll Corners, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A flourish of curves adds graceful counterpoint to this table’s square profile, each straight leg topped by decorative scroll corners. Crafted in the mid-19th century, the table is modeled after summer...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century Elm Coffer Cabinet / Console, Tianjin China
Located in New York, NY
A rare three-drawer coffer table or console in Jamu wood (Northern elm), with enclosed cabinet and original bronze hardware. Tianjin, China, mid-19th century. Very well preserved, th...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Bronze
$3,750 Sale Price
40% Off
Large Antique Anglo-Indian Ironbound Pitara Coffer with Hammered Copper Elements
Located in Morristown, NJ
A large antique traditional Indian coffer known as a Pitara Chest, meaning Treasure Chest (or more literally ‘a box full of treasures’ in Hindi). 19th c....
Category
Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Copper, Iron
Antique Korean Sutra Desk Lacquer with Mother of Pearl Inlays Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique lacquered wood desk (Gyeongsang) with mother of pearl inlays from Korea circa mid-19th century. The form of this small table is typical of a sutra reading desk with the en...
Category
Korean Other Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Wood, Lacquer
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
Chinese Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century 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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Reed, Elm
Chinese Low Kang Table, C. 1850
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. Low tables placed atop the kang provided a convenient surface for dining, drinking tea, or playing games.
Crafted of beautiful hardwood, this low kang table...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Rare Chinese circa 1840 Campaign Chest Ornate Metal Work Swastika Well Being
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very rare circa 1840 Chinese hand carved campaign chest with ornate metal strap work depicting the Swasti...
Category
Chinese Campaign Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
$2,857 Sale Price
30% Off
Victorian Library Bookcase Display Cabinet Mahogany, 1840
Located in Potters Bar, GB
Victorian library bookcase display stunning period early-Victorian library bookcase
Hand crafted from mahogany with glass fronted top
We d...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Korean Sutra Desk with Buddhism Symbol Joseon Dynasty
Located in Atlanta, GA
An antique sutra reading wood desk (Gyeongsang) from Korea circa mid-19th century. The two-tier short table was constructed in solid Korean Elm wood (Zelkova) and features a small dr...
Category
Korean Other Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
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
Chinese Rustic Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Qing Dynasty Coffee Table
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese Qing Dynasty period elm wood coffee table with square top.
The table has a natural age-related patina.
From Jiangsu province, Qing period, 1...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Console or Altar Table, 19th Century
Located in Pasadena, CA
This is a stunning and long Chinese altar table that measures a full 10 ft. in length with carved end pedestals featuring high relief buddhist...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
$3,270 Sale Price
40% Off
Japanese Late Edo Period Kiri and Cypress Tansu 'Merchant's Chest'
Located in San Francisco, CA
A fine Japanese late Edo period kiri wood (chestnut) and cypress wood tansu (merchant's chest) with multiple drawers of various sizes including a sliding section. Having original red...
Category
Japanese Edo Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Iron
19th Century Chinese Washstand Plant Stand
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful 19th century Chinese wash stand of solid fir wood, hand carved with peonies in the center splat. Under the top rail which is decorated with carved flanges, a pair of carved dragon scrolls flank a horizontal double dragon scrolls, the same theme is repeated under the hand carved soap tray. The stand continues on to form the basin holder with total of six rounded columns, four of which with a 'treasure lotus pearl...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
$750 Sale Price
31% Off
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Antique Red Lacquer Bedside Cabinet with Hardware from Mid 19th Century China
Located in Yonkers, NY
A mid-19th century Chinese bedside cabinet with red lacquered wood and brass hardware. This cabinet is made of a rectangular cabinet sitting on...
Category
Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Early 19th Century Elm Chinese Armchairs
Located in Hudson, NY
These chairs from circa 1840 are well made and retain the original split cane woven inset seat mats. The wood is finished in a deep rich red transparent lacquer giving the wood a lustrous finish . They are generous in scale and comfortable and original throughout. The arms are carved in a bamboo pattern and the central splat is decorated with a pierced Chinese linguistic character.
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Chinese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Cane, Wood
$1,900 / set
Chinese Lacquered Medecinchest, Second Quarter of the 19th Century
Located in Kastrup, DK
A Chinese lacquered apothecary, circa 1820-1840.
77 drawers each with Chinese script for, herbs, minerals and natural remedies.
Original restored lacquer with a wonderful warm color...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
3-Piece Set of Qing Dynasty Armchairs and Table
Located in Vero Beach, FL
3-piece set of Qing dynasty armchairs and table.
These authentic antique Chinese hand carved screen back armchairs are masterpieces of Qing dynasty furniture...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
$2,500 / set
Dutch Colonial Teak and Ebony Separating Cupboard Armoire, Circa 1840, Ceylon
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Exquisite Dutch Colonial cupboard hand-made from solid Teak and laced with Ebony. This piece dismantles into three pieces for ease of movement and exudes the elegance of bygone craftsmanship with fluted pilasters and crown mouldings...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Teak
$12,375 Sale Price
25% Off
Mid 19th Century Chinese Altar Table Qing Dynasty
Located in Hudson, NY
A large elm-wood altar or console table with everted flanges or 'qiaotou' (commonly called "birds wings"), supported on recessed trestle legs with multiple carved, stylized ruyi in s...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Four Seasons Altar Table, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This grand table from China's Shanxi province was originally used in a Qing-dynasty household as an impressive domestic altar for ancestor worship. Designed to be the centerpiece of ...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Companion Pair of Chinoiserie Style Painted Cabinets
Located in Atlanta, GA
Your 19th-century Chinese Chinoiserie-style painted cabinets are a stunning example of traditional craftsmanship and artistic elegance. The cabinets' exterior is adorned with intrica...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Pair Tabouret Biedermeier German Walnut about 1830
Located in Epfach, DE
This is a rare pair of Biedermeier stools, or tabouret.
They very beautifully finished especially in their details. This gives them an extremely elegant flair and makes them fit almo...
Category
German Biedermeier Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Export Gilt Lacquer Decorated Demi-lune Console Table Early 19th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A Chinese-export gilt lacquer decorated
Demi-lune console table
First half 19th century.
Black lacquered demilune table, top decorated with pavilions
set within rocky and...
Category
Chinese Chinese Export Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century Chinese Southern Administrator's Chair
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine 19th century Chinese huali (rosewood) Southern Administrator's armchair with gently curved crestrail and arms, four-spindle backsplat, brass fittings, woven cane seat, and tra...
Category
Chinese Ming Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Burmese Temple Manuscript Cabinet with Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This monumental manuscript cabinet is from Rangoon, Burma and made from teak wood, lacquer, and gold leaf. This manuscript cabinet features its orig...
Category
Burmese Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf
$2,500 Sale Price
79% Off
19th Century Altar Table
Located in New York, NY
19th century Chinese Altar table. Exceptional Altar table of walnut wood (Hetao Mu) in black lacquer having a solid one piece plank top with everted flanges presenting to the sky above. The top apron scalloped with cloud carved spandrels set to sides of reeded column legs terminating to joined feet with carved arrow to sky strut detail. Beautiful patina showing some ware to the top and edges. A very fine example of
Qing dynasty Altar table.
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Walnut
$7,000 Sale Price
28% Off
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
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
$5,880 / set
Pair of Chinese Red Lacquer Cabinets with Birds in Flight, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of early 19th century red lacquer cabinets is an extraordinary find. When placed beside each other, what remains of the finely-painted decoration comes together to form a s...
Category
Chinese Qing Antique Mid-19th Century Furniture
Materials
Elm
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