Thai Commodes and Chests of Drawers

This chest is about as plain and simple as they come, with a smooth hand-shaped step-down edge to the top and three hand-cut dovetailed drawers of equal depth. The case has no embel...

Pair of Chinese apothecary / pharmacy medicine chests. Made of elm wood with ivory lacquer. Each with 33 drawers (30 small square drawers + 3 larger ). These were used to store and o...

This is a medium sized chest of three drawers of more or less equal depth. The top features exposed dovetails and the application of hand-carve...

The case of a chest of drawers is basically a four-sided dovetailed box with backboards nailed to the back and internal runners for drawers to slide in and out at the front. Molding...

A most charming Tansu. The sliding doors are covered in white Japanese hand made rice paper in traditional shell pattern and fitted with oval bronze hardware. Behind the doors a larg...

Medicine Chest in original black lacquer. Shanxi province, China. Dating back from the late 18th Century.

A Chinese Qing Dynasty apothecary / pharmacy medicine chest. Front in original red lacquer with 45 drawers (42 small drawers + 3 larger drawers at the bottom). Each drawer with hand written Chinese calligraphy in black lacquer. These were used to store and organise Chinese herbs...

A beautiful, 19th century Kang chest in solid wood with mitered tenon and mortise construction. Four mirrored screen doors and 2 full depth drawers. Middle ...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of vintage circa 1950's Korean Scholars side tables with drawers and cupboards. A very good looking well made and decorative pa...

Designed to be versatile and portable, Japanese tansu chests were multipurpose storage cabinets that moved throughout the home and could accompany their owners in long-distance trave...

Chest of large drawers whose wooden structure is entirely sheathed in saddle stitched black imitation leather. The front legs run along the sides of the cabinet to join the undersid...

A Korean medicine or apothecary chest with curved leg support circa the first quarter of the 20th century. Known as Yakchang in Korea, the chest was used to sort and store herb medicines in its many small drawers. The prototype was originated in China, but this piece is distinctively Korean because of the classic style of the brass hardware. the configuration of the storage space in the lower part, the shape of the leg support and the wood paneling details. The upper part features thirty-six drawers with divided in six rows, each with a brass pull ring and two herb names in Hanja, carved and gilt. The lower part has a bi-door panels open to a storage compartment, which is flanked by four more drawers. Closer examination of the construction reveals that the frame and the drawers were made from Paulownia wood, which has an insect-repelling quality. The frame was painted and lacquered dark while the drawers remained natural. The front panels of the drawers and the doors were all made from Zelkova wood, showcasing its lovely linear dark grains. The interiors of the drawers are very clean and free of odor (have not been extensively used to store medicine). To compare with another Medicine Chest, see illustration on page 47 in "Korean Antique Furniture...