Italian Buffet

An exceptionally original 19th century household storage coffer in the Tianjin Style. Tianjin is a large city in Northeast China that acts as the port of Beijing. It was a prosperous city and the furniture made there was known for is solidity and clean, balanced lines. Tianjin storage chests typically feature heavy brass handles and lock plates. All hardware on this chest is original and the patina on the wood is aged and lovely; natural oxblood lacquer, which has rubbed off in some areas and darkened in other areas due to more than a century of use. Tianjin chests usually have three large drawers across the top two large doors below. The piece was probably part of a dowry and exhibited in a highly visible part of the home. The whitish deposits on the legs suggest that the piece sat on a terra cotta...

This elegant small Chinse coffer, called a butterfly cabinet, features a floating panel top sitting above two carved drawers, each and fitted with brass hardware. Beneath the drawers...

Circa 1850 19thC Italian Hand Painted Buffet, excellent decorative worn patination and form sku 902 W119 x D54 x H97 cm

Contemporary Atomo black lacquered cabinets buffets by the Italian designer Antonio Cagianelli , sculpture handle and feet in nice gilt wrought iron made in gold bath 24-karat, in a ...