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Chinese Export Home Accents

CHINESE EXPORT STYLE

Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.

The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.

Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.

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Style: Chinese Export
Pair of Soapstone Chinese Scholar Bookends
Located in San Diego, CA
A fabulous vintage pair of soapstone Chinese scholar bookends, circa 1980s. The bookends depict two Chinese scholars and are beautifully sculpted;. the set is in very good vintage co...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Dressing Screen Room Divider
Located in Doylestown, PA
Chinese export smaller scale four-panel lacquered dressing screen room divider with hand-painted decoration on both sides. One side depicts a charming continuous pavilion scene wi...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Metal

Mid Century Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in Charlotte, NC
A hand painted Chinese Export Asian style four-panel folding screen room divider, artisan unknown. Solid wood with Coromandel black lacquer, front and reverse sides both having hand ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Four Panel Chinese Coromandel Folding Lacquered Screen
Located in Highland, IN
This screen has four panels with brass feet. The front features a tranquil nature scene with a variety of birds bordered by a pattern flowering vine with four different antique vases...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Rare & Collectable Vintage Chinese Export Hardstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1940’s Hardstone room divider folding screen. A truly stunning and exquisit...
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1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Home Accents

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Stone

Early 20th Century Chinese Red Trunk with Iron Mounts
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Early 20th century Chinese red trunk with iron mounts. Red parchment leather apparently over lacquer. Original iron hardware & carrying handles. Original pat...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Iron

Antique Korean Coin Chest
Located in Boynton Beach, FL
Charming antique coin box. From the Joseon Dynasty period. Chest is made from hardwood with dovetail joinery. Has heavy patina and shows it’s age ve...
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19th Century Korean Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Export Six Panels Lacquered Screen
Located in Madrid, ES
Chinese screen for export with 6 panels decorated on both sides. The front side with various scenes of daily palatial life with relief figures, buildings and landscapes made of pain...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

High Relief Carved Camphor Wood Trunk
Located in Fulton, CA
Highly carved camphor wood trunk / hope or blanket chest. Trees, figures and sail boat motif. Very nice original condition and finish. Brass ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

Chinese Qing Dynasty Lacquered Six-Panel Screen
Located in Hoddesdon, GB
Chinese hand-painted and lacquered Coromandel 6-Panel Room Divider/Screen dating back to the late Qing dynasty. A truly stunning example , each panel is created using gesso before b...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Lacquer

Hand Painted in Hong Kong Chinese Style Hanging Wall Panel - Great White Herons
Located in Charlotte, NC
A Chinese style hand painted hanging wall panel. Untitled, (Great White Herons). Unsigned, artist unknown. Hand painted great white herons and florals on a wood panel with decorative...
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood, Lacquer, Paint

English 19th Century Leather Trunk
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
We absolutely love this decorative trunk from England! Bound in perfectly worn dark leather and adorned with brass studs in swirling patterns. The lock is in working condition and in...
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19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Metal, Brass

Antique circa 1900 Hand Carved Chinese Camphor Wood Travelling Trunk
Located in Miami, FL
1900’s Chinese export Camphor wood travelling chest which has been ornately carved throughout A good looking and well made piece, this is a med...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

Chinese Export Lacquered Four Panel Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen decorated on both sides. The screen features a pavilion landscape on one side and a floral and fauna landscape on th...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Mid 20th Century Chinese Bamboo Bird Cage
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful bird cage is made from bamboo strip with wonderful carving works at bottom. The even distribution of each bar around the cage and the precise of each joining point show the beauty and elegant of the piece. All hand made and hand crafted. This is a very good piece for decoration and collection at your home. Size: 21.5in H x 12in D Origin: Beijing, China Circa: 1950s Material: Bamboo, copper Condition: original finish, hand made, hand crafted, normal age wear. Disclaimer: Due to differences in monitor/screen settings, product colors may differ slightly between product photos...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Bamboo

Late 18thC Chinese Leather Wooden Trunk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Late 18thC Chinese Single Leather Wooden Trunk. his trunk has held its look and feel. The exterior shows great age and patina. When opening the trunk, the leather looks and feels wo...
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18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Leather, Wood

Six-Panel Double Sided Coromandel Asian Screen on Stand
Located in Germantown, MD
Six-panel double sided Coromandel Asian Screen on stand. Each panel seats in a removable custom wood stand / shoe. Brownish gold color on one side and nature on the other. The subje...
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Mid-20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Woven Top Chest
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted in the style of Chinese furniture, this petite storage chest is the perfect place to stow cords, toys, blankets, or anything you want stored beautifully. The square trunk fea...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Rattan, Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Export Lacquered Six Panel Coromandel Landscape Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Beautifully weathered patina Chinese export lacquered coromandel screen with six double sided panels. The screen features a mountain landscape on one si...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Early 20th Century Chinese Lacquered Ebonized Six-Panel Decorative Screen
Located in Dallas, TX
Divide a room or decorate a living room wall with this elegant antique folding screen. Crafted in China circa 1920, the free standing screen stands on bracket feet dressed with brass...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Early 19th Century Chinese Leather Covered Camphor Wood Trunk / Coffee Table
Located in San Francisco, CA
An exceptional and difficult to find green leather camphor wood trunk with hand painted floral decoration and brass detail. Makes for an interesting and useful coffee table. All orig...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Export Gold Decorated Black Lacquer Storage Box on Plinth Base
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
China Trade lift-top chest in black lacquer decorated on all four sides and top with landscape and garden scenes with buildings and pagodas with people engaged in various activities ...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

Large Antique Coromandel or Kuancai Lacquer Screen Six Panel Chinese Export
Located in London, GB
A superbly decorative six-panel lacquered 'Coromandel' screen, exquisitely carved and hand-painted with oriental figures, flowers and exotic beasts on a dark brown background, in the traditional 17th century manner.  China, Canton, Qing dynasty, late 19th – early 20th century. Why we like it We like its impressive proportions which make it perfect for a feature wall, and the exquisite quality of decoration. The subtlety of colours lends a 'soft' look to the piece. The central motif depicts a scene set in the gardens of a Han dynasty palace, while the outer borders are decorated with the “one hundred antiques” motif interspersed with floral arrangements. In this regard, the present screen not only conveys auspicious meanings but also demonstrate the owner’s fine scholarly taste. History The term 'Coromandel', which is used to describe this particular type of lacquer technique (kuancai), is rather misleading. In the 18th century it was used commercially to indicate the place from which these objects were shipped to England through the East India Companies, and had no reference to China, the place of their origin. Similarly, Chinese painted wallpaper was often called 'India paper' in historic documants. The kuancai lacquer technique, literally meaning “cut out colour” and found almost exclusively on screens, emerged in the 16th century to serve the domestic market. The iconographic elements were carved through the built-up coats of dark lacquer and filled with pigments and gold. Seventeenth century examples usually consisted of twelve panels, and were often employed in entrance halls or as room dividers or windscreens for gardens and terraces. They were often commissioned as gifts and depicted court scenes, episodes from the world of the immortals, panoramic or landscape views and auspicious symbols. This type of lacquerware was flourishing during the reign of the Kangxi emperor (1662-1722) and saw a revival in the 19th century. Stylistically the present screen may be compared with the twelve-panel lacquer screen from the Kangxi period in the Victoria and Albert Museum illustrated by W. De Kesel and G. Dhont in Coromandel Lacquer Screens, ill. 23, pps 36-37. Such luxurious items were popular in England during the height of fashion for oriental exoticism, called chinoiserie in Europe. In the 20th century, Coromandel screens still remained a staple in the European interior design. Coco Chanel had a collection of 32 rare Coromandel screens, which she proudly displayed in her home at 31 Rue Cambom, Paris. She one...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood, Lacquer

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Lacquered Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Distinctive Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring carved hardstone and soapstone decoration. The screen depicts a group of beauties in colorful flowing robes. The parcel-gilt landscape is decorated with two large carved stone trees...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone, Brass

Green Painted Chinese Folding Screen Room Divider, circa 1840-60
Located in Round Top, TX
A set of four large carved elm wood interior folding screen panels that still maintain their original green painted finish, topped by traditional Chinese fretwork design left in cont...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Elm, Paint

Incredible 18’ wide 12 panel lacquered chinoiserie screen
Located in Charleston, SC
Incredible large scale 12 panel chinoiserie double sided screen. Great size and scale- could cover an entire 18’ wall.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood, Lacquer

Antique Chinese Red Leather Trunk on Stand
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Antique Chinese red lacquered leather trunk mounted on a custom iron base. Trunk show evidence of were and there is color loss.
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Iron

Early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel Lacquer Screen
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very impressive early 19th Century Chinese Coromandel lacquer eight fold screen, depicting courtiers and attendants in pagoda buildings and gardens. set in a boarder of flower pots...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Lacquer

C19th Chinoiserie Decorated Trunk
Located in Shipston-On-Stour, GB
A wonderful early 19th Century Chinese export polychrome painted trunk, the leather decorated with chinoiserie scenes of figures in different activities with foliate borders and red ...
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1820s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Asian Modernist / Chinese carved & hand painted two-panel screen , divider.
Located in Buffalo, NY
Asian Modernist / Chinese carved & hand painted two-panel screen , room divider.Signed by the artist,, Age approbate wear consistent with use and age.. Hand delivery avail to New Yo...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pastel Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring a courtyard scene of beauties engaged in leisurely activities. The lacquered panels are incised and painted in soft pas...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Cloisonné Enamel Egg with Wood Stand, Early 20 Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Presenting a cute Chinese cloisonné enamel egg with wood Stand, early 20 century. The Height is including the Height Stand.
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Copper

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Cranes on Gold Leaf
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Dazzling Chinese export lacquered four-panel coromandel screen featuring a flora and fauna waterscape with stylized cranes. The carved lacquer panels are embellished with vivid color...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Rare & Collectable Antique Chinese Export Soapstone Folding Screen Room Divider
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this extremely well made and highly collectable Chinese Export circa 1920’s Soapstone room divider folding screen depicting Geisha Girls Please...
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1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone

Six Panel Screen Ambush of Tigers Made in Hong Kong
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Amazing Six Panel Screen Ambush of Tigers made in Hong Kong, it has the label in the back, (check photo). From the 1960s Century. Hand painted and some beautiful bronze details. Very...
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1660s Hong Kong Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Bronze

Chinese Export Four Panel Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Celestial Chinese export coromandel four-panel screen depicting figures in colorful robes in a heavenly landscape among the white clouds. Eac...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

20th Century Chinese Export Six Panel Gold Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Late Qing, early republic period style Chinese export six-panel coromandel screen featuring a pavillion with figures engaged in leisurely activities on a dramatic gilt gold leaf back...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Chinese Export Gilt Coromandel Screen Manchurian Cranes
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic Chinese export four-panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring an idyllic pond landscape with eight red crowned cranes or Manchurian cranes...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Gold Leaf, Brass

Chinese Export Six Panel Gilt Lacquered Folding Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Gorgeous Chinese export six-panel lacquered folding screen featuring idyllic gilt landscape scenes. Each panel is decorated with a painted scene...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Antique Tibetan Polychrome Decorated Lift Top Trunk
Located in Antwerp, BE
A charming Tibetan-Chinese painted storage trunk, 18th century, Tibet. In red paint.The front with hand-painted decoration depicting two central dragons among scrolled clouds. The...
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19th Century Tibetan Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wrought Iron

Set of Three Nested Chinese Ebonized Trunks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Set of three nested Chinese ebonized trunks, circa 1900 The China Trade trunks are each of rectangular form with gilt and polychrome painting of birds and flowers and landscape s...
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Late 19th Century Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Other

Mid-Century Chinese Export Four Panel Gilt Lacquered Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Heavenly Mid-Century Modern period Chinese export lacquered coromandel screen featuring four panels depicting celestial beauties in the sky with decorative ruyi clouds and moon. Soli...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Export Six-Panel Silver Leaf Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export six-panel folding coromandel screen depicting flora and fauna. Constructed from lacquered wooden panels hand carved and painted. Features a rare silver leaf...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass, Silver Leaf

Vintage Chinese Red Lacquer Elm Decorative Ladder
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese Red Lacquer Elm Decorative Ladder This vintage elm decorative ladder is from the south of China. With original color and patina. Used as a display for kitchen towels...
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1980s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Home Accents

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Elm, Lacquer

Chinese Black Leather & Brass Camphor Wood Trunk, 1820-50
Located in Kenilworth, IL
China trade brass bound black leather covered camphor wood trunk. The top and case are framed by brass corner mounts and brass tacking with a reserve of brass tacking on the center o...
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Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Restored 1950s Chinese Export Wood Trunk with Iron Accents - Vintage Charm
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Step into a world of Oriental charm with our Vintage 1950s Chinese Export Trunk, a piece that beautifully marries history with skilled craftsmanship. This small trunk, hand-crafted f...
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1950s Korean Vintage Chinese Export Home Accents

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Iron, Metal

Chinese Export Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export four panel lacquered coromandel screen featuring hand-carved soapstone beauties in a floral landscape with gilt clo...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone, Brass

Antique circa 1900 Hand Carved Chinese Camphor Wood Travelling Trunk Nice Finish
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nice circa 1900’s Chinese export Camphor wood travelling chest which has been ornately carved throug...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

20th Century Chinese Gilt Coromandel Eight-Panel Screen Immortals Sky Gods
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Amazing Chinese export eight-panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting a heavenly scene of immortals and sky gods floating in ruyi clouds. The fascin...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass, Gold Leaf

Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Six Beauties
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Rare and unusual Chinese export eight panel lacquered coromandel screen depicting six beauties. The scene is bordered by a walled pavilion with pagodas and trees. The women appear to...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

A 19th Century Red Lacquer Blanket Chest Trunk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Antique 1880's Chinese red lacquer trunk with brass mounts. The original lacquer finish with signs of age and use. Great original condit...
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1880s Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Hardwood

Exquiste Hand Painted Oriental Chinese Linen Trunk or Chest Very Decorative
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely vintage beautifully decorated hand painted and lacquered Oriental trunk A very good looking and well m...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

2 Chinese Coromandel 4-Fold Screens
Located in New York, NY
2 Asian Chinese style (20th Century) black coromandel 4 fold screens with scene with people on one side and floral & bird design on back. (PRICED EACH)
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20th Century Chinese Export Home Accents

Chinese Export Four Panel Coromandel Screen Pearlescent Landscape
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Captivating Chinese export four-panel coromandel screen featuring an idyllic seascape with beauties. The background is comprised of pearlescent crystal sand that shines like glitter ...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Brass

Chinese Qing Four Panel Carved Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Impressive Chinese export late Qing dynasty four-panel folding Coromandel screen featuring carved soapstone. The ebony lacquered panels are decorated with colorful carved scholars ob...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Camphor Wood Sailor's Large Brass-Bound Sea or Campaign Chest & Lock
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Sailor's Large Brass-bound Camphor Wood Sea or Campaign Chest, Mid-19th Century. A large rectangular dramatic campaign or sailor's trunk lined with Camphor wood and with interior inset drawer, the exterior with brass corners and clasp. There is the original Chinese lock...
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Wood

Antique Marriage Chest, Asian, Chinese Elm, Carved Dowry Trunk, circa 1900
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique marriage chest. An Asian, Chinese elm carved dowry trunk, dating to the 19th century, circa 1900. Captivating matrimonial ...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Home Accents

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Elm

Chinese Export Six Panel Cloisonné Soapstone Coromandel Screen
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Charming Chinese export six-panel lacquer coromandel screen featuring a blue and white cloisonné style border decorated with scholars objects,...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Home Accents

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Soapstone, Brass

Chinese Export home accents for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export home accents for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage home accents created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include more furniture and collectibles, asian art and furniture, case pieces and storage cabinets and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, metal and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export home accents made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for home accents differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $278 and tops out at $65,000 while the average work can sell for $3,500.

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