Japanese Tansu with Hand-Forged Hardware

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 2-part antique Japanese tansu has lovely old-patina wood and and attractive hand-forged iron handles and other hardware. It can be used as-shown, stacked or separated and raised on simple metal stands. When separated, the two drawer sets make excellent side chests. Japanese storage tansu chests...

This piece is a two part Japanese tansu split into two pieces to make nightstands or side tables. Because Japanese homes were (and are) relatively small, furniture was also relativel...

This impressive Mid-Century Modern (or Brutalist sideboard) is made from straight-grained light walnut veneers applied to alternating raised dentils. The four doors feature brass sci...

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A large early Meiji period Japanese tansu/sideboard A really nice mid/late 19th C. Japanese sideboard/tansu. It was likely to be used as a coun...

Great pair of 19th century Japanese Tansu cabinets. Completely untouched with a beautiful faded patina. Still very sturdy with typical tip out panels. Rare to find one, let alone a p...

This is a very old Japanese large sideboard. The furniture is from the Meiji period (1860s-1900s). The material is cedar wood. The handles are made of iron. The design is ultimately...