Chinese Export Furniture
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Chinese Export
Japanese 19th Century Scalloped Imari Porcelain Dish or Charger
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Dish or Charger, made in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century. With beautiful colors in red blue and white. The Item is in good condition.
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Verte Figures of the Hehe Erxian Twins
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export Famille Verte Figures of the Hehe Erxian Twins
19th Century or Older
Embrace the allure of Chinese porcelain with this fine Pair of Chinese Export Famille Ve...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish with Puce Scroll
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Pseudo Tobacco Leaf Shaped Dish,
Circa 1765
The Chinese Export porcelain shaped dish. The leaf-shaped dish is in a rare ...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Oriental Style Ceramic Table Lamp
Located in London, GB
An absolutely gorgeous antique oriental style ceramic table lamp. This was likely made in England, it dates from around the 1950-60’s.
The quality is outstanding, this has incredibl...
Category
1950s British Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Blue and White Jar Porcelain Hand Painted, Qing 18th Century
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a heavy Chinese Export porcelain jar hand painted with a blue and white lakeside scene and dating to the late 18th century, Qing dynasty.
This is a well potted piece with a ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Oriental Fretwork Carved Hardwood Altar Console Hall Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Oriental Fretwork Carved Hardwood Altar Console Table. Item Circa Mid to Late 20th Century.
Measurements: 34" H x 32" H (to surface) x 53" W x 15" D.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair of Antique English Red Tole and Gilt Tea Canister Lamps on Lucite Bases
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
A pair of large oval English tole tea canisters with hand painted and stenciled decoration on a red ground with gilt reserve, the center panel having a Chinese figure on a gilt ground with Chinese calligraphy in black ink now mounted as lamps on thick lucite bases, giving them an updated look. The reverse of one of the canisters bears the emblem of the importer “ Bartlett and Son, Bristol” Lamps...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Gold Leaf, Metal
Chinese Imperial Honorific Cloisonné Bowl Carved Jade Medallion & Ring Handles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Imperial Honorific Cloisonné Bowl Carved Jade Medallion & Ring Handles
China, 20th Century
An exquisite Chinese Imperial honorific cloisonné bowl f...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Jade, Bronze
Vintage Chinese Floral Kilim Rug
Located in Dallas, TX
77814 vintage Chinese Floral Kilim rug 04'02 x 06'03. This hand-woven wool vintage Chinese kilim rug features a color blocked field and border festoon...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese 19th Century Hardwood shelves
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality set of 19th Century Chinese hardwood shelves with open shelves, drawers and cupboards. Having wonderful quality hand carved and pierced folate decoration and myth...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Blue and White English Transferware Cachepot
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century oval shaped English Ttransferware cachepot. It details blue & white pastoral european style landscape scenes throughout. These designs are applied using a transfer pr...
Category
19th Century English Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Hand Painted Blue & White Chinese Porcelain Vase Lamp
Located in North Salem, NY
Lovely antique blue & white Chinese porcelain vase lamp with turned wood base.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Turquoise Glazed Ducks, Flock of 8, 1970's, China and Hong Kong
Located in Austin, TX
An absolutely delightful flock of eight vintage Chinese export turquoise glazed porcelain ducks, circa 1970's, China and Hong Kong.
The flock consists of eight ducks of various size...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Very Large Vintage Chinese Bowl Centerpiece
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Very large impressive Chinese bowl having beautiful detailed decoration in navy blue, red oxide, soft green and white.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Bowl, circa 1890, round and sitting on a plain collet foot. The bowl is applied with bamboo and prunus emerging from rocks, and also two birds in flight. The bo...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
20th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Condiment Set, c.1900
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique early 20th Century Chinese novelty solid silver condiment set, comprising a pepperette, salt and mustard pot, fitted in a traders pushcart. Hallmarked Chinese Export Silver, ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Large Underglaze Blue & White Porcelain Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Large Underglaze Blue & White Porcelain Dish,
Circa 1770
The large attractive Chinese Export Blue and White Porcelain dish is unusually painted with a rare design. T...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-20th Century Vintage Chinese Carved Marble Stone Lion/Foo Dog
Located in Pomona, CA
A pair of magnificent Chinese Stone Lion Statuary. They are hand carved from marble stone. According to historical books, lions were introduced into Main...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone
Large 20th Century Chinese Brown and Gold Glazed Earthenware Planter
Located in Dallas, TX
A large Chinese earthenware planter jardiniere with a brown and gold glaze.
This late 20th century large planter is every decorative and has a bat motif.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
19th C. Blue & White Chinese Export Vases, Pair
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A pair of 19th-century blue and white Chinese export vases adorned with Chinese symbols and intricate vine designs showcase the classic elegance of Chinese ceramic artistry. The blu...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid 20th Century Vintage Chinese Carved Rosewood Living Room Chairs Set
Located in Pomona, CA
This set of gorgeous Chinese Rosewood Carved Living room Chairs and table have about 70 years history and still has its original condition, very smooth to touch, full of patina. They...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Pair of Blue and White Urns or Jars With Flowers
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty pair of Chinese blue and white lidded urns with classic form hand decorated with trees and flowers.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Glazed Terracotta Foo Dogs
Located in Houston, TX
Pair of Chinese Glazed Terracotta Foo Dogs or Foo Lions.
Stunning antique Chinese foo dogs or foo lions which date to the 1920's. This unusual pair of Chinese export foo dogs with ex...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Blue & White Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain plate in the Fitzhugh pattern.
Decorated in underglaze blue with floral devices to the face, and a border to the rim with a repeating diamo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Large Chinese Phoenix and Peony Blue and White Temple Jars Ginger Jars
Located in Pearland, TX
A lovely antique pair of Chinese Kangxi style handmade lidded temple jars or ginger jars. These stunning jars are a nice large size with hand painted phoenix birds and peony flowers ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Chinese Black and Red Lacquer Floral Painted Lidded Wooden Basket Box
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Black and Red Lacquer Floral Painted Lidded Wooden Basket Box. Circa Early to Mid 20th Century. Measurements: 11" H x 12" W x 12" D.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Polychrome Khmer Guardian Lions, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Grand and imposing, these monumental lion sculptures offer protection to all those who stand before them. Dated to the mid-19th century, the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Southeast Asian Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Crystal
A 19 Century Nanking Porcelain Vase on an Ormolu base turned into a Lamp
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A large late 19 Century Qing Era Chinese Nanking Porcelain Vase in famille verte crackle glaze decorated with intricate warrior and landscape scenes The vase would have been exported to France from Nanking China...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Reverse Glass Painting of Warriors in Landscape, circa 1825
Located in Kinderhook, NY
A fine circa 1825 Chinese Export polychrome reverse glass painting of a warrior group with horse and 'Budai' in a river landscape housed in original 'Chinese Chippendale' parcel-gilt...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Giltwood, Paint
19th Century Chinese Export Solid Silver Goblet, Cumshing, c.1850
By Cumshing
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Antique mid 19th Century Chinese export solid silver wine goblet, impressive and exceptionally fine quality, double walled, applied with prunus flowers and exotic birds perching on b...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Silver Bowl
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Bowl, of round form with applied prunus around two-thirds of the bowl leaving the remainder plain, in keeping with Chinese tradition seen on paintings where bla...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Late 18thC Chinese Leather Wooden Trunk
Located in Pasadena, CA
Late 18thC Chinese Single Leather Wooden Trunk.
his trunk has held its look and feel. The exterior shows great age and patina. When opening the trunk, the leather looks and feels wo...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Leather, Wood
Chinese Chinoiserie Black Lacquered and Gold Coromandel 6 Panel Screen
Located in West Hartford, CT
Spectacular Chinese black lacquered 6 panel folding screen incised with gold gilt and white paint featuring Chinese village scenery. Feet...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Pair of Large Polychromed Vases by the designer Kenzo Takada (1939-2020)
Located in Richmond Hill, ON
EXTREMELY DECORATIV!
Pair of LARGE VASES BY THE FAMOUS JAPANESE DESIGNER KENZO TAKADA.
Square section with flared circular neck, in imitation of Chinese vases Famille noir porcelai...
Category
Early 2000s Japanese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Table Lamp, 19th Century with Brass Mount, 19th Century Famille Rose
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This table lamp is a 19th century Famille rose vase lamp, it has been made in china circa 1880.
The mount is in brass, and the porcelain in hand painted.
US PLUG ADAPTATOR WILL BE F...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Asian Style Celadon Table Lamps
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Pair of Late 20th century Asian style Celadon table lamps in very good condition.
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Cloisonné Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Lovely Chinese export cloisonné box made of brass and enameled with a beautiful floral pattern on a green background. This decorative box was most likely a cigarette box or trinket b...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Enamel
18th Century Large Delft Garden Urn
By Delft
Located in Maidstone, GB
18th Century Large Delft Garden Urn, of octagonal form with mask handles
painted in blue with river landscapes within foliate and leaf borders. A good
e...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Pair of Early 20th Century Antique Chinese Painted Porcelain Panels -Wall Hangin
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a set of 2 panels Chinese antique Painted Porcelain Panels. They were hand made and hand painted. It features beautiful detailed open carved Ch...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Pair of Red and White Porcelain Lidded Urns or Jars
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Standout pair of Chinese porcelain lidded urns with classic form hand decorated with flowers and leaves in orange and red.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Monumental Cracked Chinese Oil Jar with Repairs
Located in Dallas, TX
The Brendan Bass Estate Collection is an homage to the beauty of vintage and antique
pieces, each artfully concealing endless stories collected through the generations in which they...
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Pottery
Chinese Export Porcelain Rare Turquoise Fruit Baskets & Stands- a Pair
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain Turquoise Openwork Fruit Baskets & Stands,
Circa 1785
The Chinese Export porcelain openwork fruit baskets and stands are painted with an allover turquoise e...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved and Lacquered Wood Framed Mirrored-Back Etagere
Located in Germantown, MD
A rare Chinese Carved and Lacquered Wood Framed Mirrored-Back Etagere. Measures 37.25" in width, 5" in depth and 27.25" in heigth.
Category
20th Century Hong Kong Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood
VINTAGE CHINESE HARDWOOD SiDE TABLE WITH DECORATIVE SINGLE DRAWER & SHELF
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this vintage Chinese hardwood side table with a single drawer and tier.
This well made table is ideal to be used as a side or end table as it can...
Category
20th Century English Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese Export Silver Goblet
By Luen Wo
Located in London, GB
A Chinese export silver goblet with prunus decoration on a matte background, and the base and stem formed as prunus tree branch root. The body has a single round cartouche engraved "...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Export Porcelain Underglaze Blue Shaped Botanical Dish
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Underglaze Porcelain Rectangular Dish
Circa 1765
The Chinese Export underglaze Blue rectangular dish with canted corners has a well-painted central well with a tree, ...
Category
1760s Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Of Chinese Export Silver Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A pair of Chinese export silver candlesticks each depicting crane on a tortoise. Crane and tortoise are the symbol of immortality, happiness and longevity in Chinese mythology. The c...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Pair of Chinese Guardian Lions in Red and Gold Lacquer
Located in NICE, FR
We present you with this stunning pair of statues representing Chinese guardian lions, also known as lions of Fo, made in red and gold lacquer and painted wood. Their origins date ba...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japanese 19th Century Scalloped Imari Porcelain Dish or Charger
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Japanese Dish or Charger, made in Japan at the beginning of the 19th century. With beautiful colors in red blue and white. The Item is in good condition.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large Vintage Mongolian Wooden Math Abacus with Painted Wooden Balls. Item features Painted wooden balls in red, pink, gray, orange, blue, yellow, green and brown. Circa Mid 20th Cen...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Oriental 3 Paneled Ceramic Tile Wall Art With Gilt Frame
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
Dimensions- H: 10in W: 26in D: 3/4in Tiles - H: 7 in W: 7 1/4in
These framed Oriental ceramic tiles will be a unique addition to your home! If you look at the photos provided, you c...
Category
20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Wood
A Shapely 19th Century Chinese Export Black Lacquered Dressing Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
the scalloped top centering an oval medallion radiating coved reserves above a conforming body fitted with brass bale handles; finely decorated with gilded figures in a garden lands...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinese Hand Chiseled Stone Trough, Planter
Located in Pomona, CA
This stone planter is retrieved from the village in northern part of China. It is hand chiseled out of one piece of stone and hand carved by the local stone master. It's originally f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone
Pair of Chinese Blue and White Lidded Porcelain Vases
Located in LA CIOTAT, FR
An exquisite pair of Chinese porcelain lidded vases, in baluster form and beautifully hand-painted with a traditional decoration of entwining branches of white blossoming prunus set ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Relief Carved Ho ho Bird Glass Top Display Black Coffee Table
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vintage Chinese Relief Carved Ho ho Bird Glass Top Display Black Coffee Table. Item features a solid wood frame, black and gold painted finish, finely r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paint
Chinese Reticulated & Hinged Standing Frame
Located in New York, NY
Chinese rosewood reticulated and hinged standing frame, the whole with floral decoration, the glass mounted frame fully turnable, with two volute support feet similarly carved.
Deal...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Rosewood
Chinese Chinoiserie Dining Table Rosewood & Mother of Pearl Round to Oval
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Chinese Chinoiserie dining table comprised of Rosewood & Mother of Pearl (m-o-p) round top with 2 leaves, converting it to a small oval with one leaf and large oval with 2 leaves. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that this is vintage and not new so will have signs of use and wear. This Asian style table is in excellent vintage condition with the exception of a small missing piece of m-o-p on the top which we have repaired by filling with wood filler and painting with a pearlized paint. You can still see the spot when looking for it but doesn’t show overall. There was also a nick on the inside edge of one of the leaves that has been filled. The whole top and leaves have been scuffed and given a coat of poly for durability. Please see photos and zoom in for details. We attempt to portray any imperfections. Circa, Mid-Late 20th Century.
Mother of Pearl comes predominantly from the shell of the pearl oyster, freshwater pearl mussel, and abalone… making this table a true GEM!! This is a GORGEOUS Chinese rosewood dining table...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Rosewood
Red Chinese Temple Doors Lacquered Architectural Panels With Foo Dogs Wall Art
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Removed Antique Asian Cabinet Doors. Heavily worn corners and edges, missing finish. One door has only a single hinge remaining.
W 14 5/8 x H 26...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Wang Hing & Co., Luen Wo, and Hung Chong & Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,998.
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