Skip to main content
Want more images or videos?
Request additional images or videos from the seller
1 of 17

Butterfly Style Storage Chest with 2 Drawers and Original Patina

About the Item

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 is a a richly carved floating panel, which hides interior storage. Our eyes are immediately drawn to the carved floral spandrels that decorate the sides and give the piece its distinctive profile. With its refined surface design and dark patina, this late Qing Dynasty style 19th century side chest will be a great focal point in any room. The piece dates to the "Late Qing" but has a much older design. Note the lighter color at the bottom of each leg -this is highly corelated with age and indicates that the piece sat for a long time on a damp tile floor. Over time, the original dark lacquer finish fell off.
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 33.5 in (85.09 cm)Width: 42.25 in (107.32 cm)Depth: 19.25 in (48.9 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    c.1850
  • Condition:
    Wear consistent with age and use.
  • Seller Location:
    Chicago, IL
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 22T010701stDibs: LU886431311792

More From This Seller

View All
Butterfly Style Storage Chest with 2 Drawers, Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
A Chinese Late Qing wooden storage chest from the 19th century, with carved spandrels, drawers, doors and finished in oxblood and cinnabar lacquer...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Sideboards

Materials

Elm

A Butterfly Style Storage Chest with Original Patina
Located in Chicago, IL
This elegant small coffer features a floating panel top and two drawers sitting above storage area with three carved panels. The front of the drawers and the lower panels are carved ...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Cabinets

Materials

Elm

Tianjin Style Sideboard With Original Patina and Original Hardware
Located in Chicago, IL
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...
Category

Antique 19th Century Chinese Sideboards

Materials

Elm

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

Antique Mid-19th Century Burmese Cabinets

Materials

Gold Leaf

British Colonial Teak Wood Display Counter
Located in Chicago, IL
This teak wood display counter was once found in a retail store in Rangoon, Burma. It dates to the early 20th century, c. 1910. During the colonial era, business boomed throughout w...
Category

20th Century Burmese British Colonial Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Teak

Custom Chinese Cabinet
Located in Chicago, IL
A fine custom-made storage and display cabinet. This piece is made from elmwood and covered in red and black lacquer. It is two-sided and made from two segments, for ease of movement...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Cabinets

Materials

Elm, Lacquer

Custom Chinese Cabinet
$4,900 Sale Price
50% Off

You May Also Like

Parzinger Style Hollywood Regency Steel and Bronze Patina Studded Cabinet
By Tommi Parzinger
Located in Westport, CT
Midcentury Hollywood Regency steel front bronze patina studded tassel pull cabinet, dark Walnut exterior, great low scale for under TV or end of bed.
Category

Mid-20th Century American Hollywood Regency Cabinets

Materials

Bronze, Steel

Bellagio Chest of drawers in ash wood, Morelato
By Morelato
Located in Salizzole, IT
Chest of drawers in ash wood with 3 drawers and open compartment with shelvescovered in wood, glass or stone on request. ON REQUEST: stone top, drawer leather front Design Libero Rut...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sideboards

Materials

Ash

Titan Leather, Marble and Brass Cabinet with Drawers
Located in NEW YORK, NY
The Titan cabinet is the embodiment of ‘high-end’ presented with the most luxurious finishes and attention to detail. The cabinet doors are upholstered in our exclusive leather, cont...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Cabinets

Materials

Carrara Marble, Brass

Two Door Sycamore Wood Cabinet with Drawers and Polished Nickel
By Davidson
Located in London, GB
One of Davidson's classic cabinet designs, the Montpelier offers plenty of storage in a range of sizes and luxurious finishes. An elegant addition to any room, this multifaceted ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets

Materials

Nickel

'Avant Garde' Storage Cabinet (Low), Bauhaus Style, Color of Your Choice
By Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, IDF
Geometric and Minimalist storage cabinet by Russian designer Dmitry Samygin. Inspired by Bauhaus style. High version (141cm) Or Low version (97cm) Plywood Measures: 97 x 14...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Russian Bauhaus Cabinets

Materials

Plywood

Four-Door Grey Anegre Wood Cabinet with Drawers and Polished Nickel
By Davidson
Located in London, GB
One of Davidson's Classic cabinet designs, the Montpelier offers plenty of storage in a variety of sizes and luxurious finishes. An elegant addition to any room, this multifaceted ca...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Cabinets

Materials

Sycamore

Recently Viewed

View All