Qing Dynasty Cart Stool with Decorative Carving

This long and graceful Chinese altar table features an oxblood patina that has darkened with age. Oxblood is one of the three traditional Chinese lacquers, including red and black, both of which are fully opaque. Oxblood is semi-translucent and shows the beautiful wood grain below. The lacquer is made from actual animal blood dissolved into tree sap...

The Marble stools are decorated with protruding lion heads that also act as handles. The marble was sourced in Hebei Province, near Beijing. Price for each.

This Teakwood pediment carving came from a Northern Thai house. Pediment carvings were part of the traditional architecture system and were found under overhanging roof gables. We know it was a residential roof (and not a temple's) because of the shallow angle. Temple roofs are much steeper and usually temple exteriors were painted, so some pigment would usually remain, particularly towards the top. Thai houses were made from solid teak --walls, roofs, floors; everything. They were always raised on stilts to remain above seasonal flooding, snakes and other forest creatures. The area below the house was used for animals and storage. The Thai architectural wall system (including pediments) always employed heavy beams and thin floating panels. Visually these wall panels are very attractive and richly textured on account of exposure to moisture. Teak is very resistant to moisture and insects, so the lifespan of teak exterior parts can be over 150 years. The antique pediment...

A Chinese Qing wooden butterfly cabinet from the 19th century, with carved spandrels, drawers, doors and a dark oxblood patina. This elegant small coffer, sometimes called a butterfl...

A large Chinese terracotta tomb figure (Ni Yong) from the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220 AD), likely from the area of modern-day Sichuan. It appears to depict a groom in full costume an...

This vintage 1930s-style bar cart was made with a circular chrome frame and two smoked glass shelves. The large rubber wheels (new) swivel and turn freely. The original chrome has been restored by re-coating. Some 1930s Hungarian designs...

An incredible 18th/19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty Scholar's rootwood stool of wabi-sabi form with naturally formed legs, and a patina only hundreds o...

Midcentury Morocco from the Mid Atlas region, octagonal shaped stool with a brown leather top and vertical inlaid bone decorative details. Cedarwood trim and brass accents. Two ava...

Mini stool gathers inspiration from Scandinavian design made incredibly confortable with the addition of soft upholstery. The top is upholstered in natural sheep leather and the legs...

Chinese carved wooden stool with a fan shaped seat. Features splayed legs with stretchers on each side and a carved apron on the front. Constructed with old world mortise and tenon j...

Mini stool gathers inspiration from Scandinavian design made incredibly comfortable with the addition of soft upholstery. The top is upholstered in natural goat leather and the legs ...

Unusual wooden stool made in France, circa 1960s. Substantial and chunky. Three legs with angled backrest. Great sculptural stool with a lot of presence...