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
Chinese Cream Floral and Bird Motif Round Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese cream porcelain vase decorated with softly rendered pink florals blooming from green leaves alongside an orange bird on one side, and character ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
4 Asian Chinese style (19th century) red lacquered and gilt trimmed wall plaques with carved scenes with figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Bronze Champlevé Vase with Elephant Handles
Located in San Diego, CA
Antique bronze champlevé vase with double elephant handles, circa 1900s. The vase is in good vintage condition with a nice patina and measures 7"W x 6...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel
Antique Chinese Export Porcelain Bud Vase or Miniature Cabinet Vase
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine Chinese export porcelain bud vase or miniature cabinet vase.
With a white porcelain ground and a faceted six-sided body.
The long sides respectively have a painted old man a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Ivory Light Blue Brown 20th Century Hand Knotted Wool Tibetan Scatter Throw Rug
Located in New York, NY
A full pile Tibetan throw rug in clear white and blue hues,
circa 1930, measures: 2'11" x 4'10".
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved & Giltwood Plaque W/ Mirrored Back
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese, framed in the mid 20th century, carving is earlier.
An antique Chinese carved and gilt wood bonsai planter with floral arrangement stemming from ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Giltwood
19th Century Chinese Elm Rustic Primitive Brutalist Stool
Located in Germantown, MD
Dated to mid-19th century, this rustic, farmhouse, primitive and brutalist stool has simple splayed-leg design and well-worn finish. Crafted of northern elm wood with mortise-and-ten...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
19th Century Antique Chinese Carved Red Lacquered Altar Table/Console
Located in Pomona, CA
Size: 45in H x 59 1/2in W x 14in D
Drawer: 2 1/2in H x 9 1/2in W x 10in D
Origin: Fujian, China
Circa: 1850 - 1900
Material: Fir wood
Condition: Original finish, solid wood construction, hand carved, sturdy, normal age wear.
Very well constructed with beautiful open/raise carved works on the Altar Table with red lacquered finished..
Take look at this Antique Carved Altar table from Fujian, China. It was made in about 1860's and still maintained very good condition. It shows the traditional style of southern China's cultural. This Chinese antique altar table...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Fir
Him & Her Vintage Handwoven & Crafted Chinoiserie Rattan Cane & Bamboo Armchairs
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage Set of Him & Her Cane, Bamboo and Wicker armchairs. These are handcrafted chairs with cane seats feature bamboo frames and Chinese inspired bamboo patterns. The backrests are...
Category
Late 20th Century Philippine Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Cane, Plastic
Chinese Cadogan 'Foo Dog' Teapot, Guangxu Tea / Coffee
Located in Buenos Aires, Olivos
Chinese turquoise and Aubergine glazed Cadogan wine or tea pot
A finely molded and glazed "Cadogan" wine or tea pot. The body is glazed in a rich turquoise color. China, Guangxu per...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century South East Asian Three-Tier Elmwood Side Table
Located in Germantown, MD
19th Centruy South East Asian, probably Chinese, Three-Tier Elmwood Side Table. Measures 15" in width, 15" in depth and stands 26.75" in height. Lower tier clearence is 10.75" and up...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Hardwood Side Chairs, Pair
Located in Astoria, NY
Pair of Chinese hardwood side chairs with geometric details, probably late 19th / early 20th century. 36" H x 19.5" W x 15" D; seat height: 18.75" H.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Chinese Jizhou Kiln Style Dragon Motif Vase
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
20th-century Chinese Jizhou Kiln-Style Dragon Motif Vase
China, 20th Century Example
This 20th-century Chinese Jizhou Kiln-style dragon motif vase is a refined and elegant example ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Red & White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Red and White Peking Glass Vases, Now as Lamps
China 20th Century
This elegant pair of Chinese red and white Peking glass vases, now converted into lamps, beautifu...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Pair of Chinese Famille Rose Flowering Branch Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) famille rose similar porcelain white urns depicting fowl nestled amid an abundance of flowering branches, accented with foo dog scrolled h...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Finely Carved Chinese Brush Holder Pot
Located in Atlanta, GA
Chinese Rosewood brush holder (pen pot) circa late Qing dynasty. Finely carved on surface with a sitting Buddha on lotus throne holding his hands in Vitarka mu...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Square Rug
Located in New York, NY
Rare square size Chinese Peking room size rug from the 1930s
Measures: 8'2'' x 8'9''.
Category
1930s Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Pink Floral and Bird Design Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese pink ceramic table lamp made from a baluster-shaped vase decorated with colorful birds, florals and koi on a wooden base with brass hardware.
Vase is cracked near the socke...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
19th Century Chinese Hardwood Stand
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Chinese hardwood hexagona; inset marble-topped stand. Having well carved foliate and floral carving to the frieze, raised on six ornately carved legs, united by a carv...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Pair Antique Chinese Famille Rose Rouleau Figural Vase Table Lamps Early 20c ROC
Located in Richmond, CA
A matching mirror pair of antique Chinese early 20th century famille rose figural rouleau vase turned into lamps. The finely painted decorations depict a scene of a general looking u...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Handmade Antique Peking Blue Chinese Wool Rug with Classic Floral Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This luxurious antique Peking Chinese hand knotted wool rug features a navy blue field adorned with a designed frame and multi-colored accents in a stunning all-over Chinese floral m...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Other
Pair of Vintage Decorative Vases, Chinese, Ceramic, Dried Flower Urn, Late 20th
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a pair of vintage decorative vases. A Chinese, ceramic tourist ware dried flower urn, dating to the late 20th century, circa 1980.
Strong Art Deco revival taste with disti...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Lacquer Double Sided Qing Dynasty Drum with Wooden Stand and Drum Sticks
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A wonderful piece! two sided with leather hand painted snare on two sides trimmed in nail heads. The collapsable wooden stand, while making the piece complete, can be put aside and t...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese hardwood Long Rectangular Console Table
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (19th Century) hardwood narrow rectangular console table with open apron featuring interlocking circular design.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Burgundy and White Dragon Motif Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese ceramic burgundy vases decorated with the white silhouettes of dragons wrapping around their pear-shaped forms (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass Empress Dowager Cixi 1st Half of 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A CHINESE REVERSE PAINTING ON GLASS
OF Empress Dowager Cixi
1st Half of 20th Century.
Fine painting on glass of
Empress Cixi seating on a throne
in or...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass
Zabihi Collection Square Size Vintage Inspired Khotan Rug
Located in New York, NY
21st century vintage inspired Khotan square size rug in warm colors.
8' x'8'9''
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Porcelain Kneeling Chinese Boys Holding Shallow Single Blossom Vessels
Located in Savannah, GA
This whimsical pair of porcelain figures depict kneeling Chinese boys holding square containers suitable for single blossoms. The symmetry is graceful from all angles and the color p...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
San Pacific Bronze Crane
Located in Pasadena, TX
This beautiful crane is made by San Pacific International. It's cast in bronze and has a beautiful verdigris patina. It balances on a round base and stands 17" tall.
Category
Late 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Large Antique Chinese Sang-de-Boeuf LangYao Red Vase
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Chinese vase with Sang-de-Boeuf (oxblood) glaze in a classic baluster form with a tall narrow neck and horizontal bands around the shoulder. The oxblood glaze is known as Lan...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Man and Horse Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a man dressed in dark gray robes, with one fist raised in the air, sitting atop a red saddle, on a horse that is painted...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Han Dynasty-Style Patinated Bronze Canister with Animal Figurine Lid
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Han Dynasty-style copy of a patinated bronze canister with a slight concave form etched in subtle patterns, sitting atop three paw-like...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
1920s Antique Peking Chinese Wool Rug Handmade with Floral Design In Goldenrod
Located in Norwalk, CT
This luxurious antique Peking Chinese hand-knotted wool rug showcases a goldenrod color field embellished with a navy blue designed frame and multicolor accents, all arranged in a br...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
20pcs WanShouWuJiang Chinese Porcelain Tea Service Set
Located in Brea, CA
20 Pieces vintage Chinese set of tea and coffee service set, WanShouWuJiang yellow ground, all marked on the bottom : QIANLONGNIANZHI,
No crake, on...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain & Carved Rosewood Frame Room Divider
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain with Ornate Carved Rosewood Dragon Motif Frame Room Screen/Room Divider
This beautiful ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood, Paint
19th Century Chinese Export Covered Bowl #2
Located in Bradenton, FL
Chinese export covered bowl with rabbit handles. Porcelain covered serving bowl with floral decoration and affixed rabbit head handles, uns...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Colorful Vintage Tibetan Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug
Measures: 3'1" x 5'7".
Category
Late 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Oriental Black Walnut Wood Side Table
By Asian Modern
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
Crafted from premium black walnut wood. Featuring a rectangular top with a smooth, polished finish, it beautifully highlights the rich, natural grain of the wood. Resembling Qing Dyn...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Walnut
Chinese Export Black Lacquered Mirror with Inlays
Located in Miami, FL
Chinese export lacquer and hardstone mirror, with various hardstone floral inlays in a black lacquer cartouche frame.
Category
Mid-20th Century European Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 1800s Chinese Export Silver Three Piece Tea Service
By Kwan Wo
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese export silver three piece tea service; an addition to our diverse silver teaware collection
This exceptional antique tea set/service, in Chinese Export Silver consists of a teapot, cream jug and covered sugar bowl.
Each piece of this tea service has a circular compressed rounded form.
The surface of each piece is embellished with fine and impressive applied bamboo stalk, chrysanthemum and iris designs.
The upper collet style rim of each piece is plain and unembellished.
The teapot and sugar bowl are fitted with the original covers surmounted with cast silver finials modelled in the form of a bamboo stalk; the cover to the teapot is hinged.
Each cover is embellished with an applied splay of bamboo leaves.
This Chinese silver teapot...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Sterling Silver
Pair Of Chinese Hardstone Guardian Lions
Located in Norwood, NJ
Pair of hand carved Chinese Jade hardstone Foo Lions or Fu Dogs. This pair of Chinese spinach jade appears to be a nephrite, covered vases having a figural foo lion design with raise...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Jade
Incredible Pair of Solid Brass Reclining Stags with Impressive Antlers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
An impressive pair of vintage solid brass opposing reclining stags having beautiful detailed casting and fabulous large antlers.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Pair of Chinese Mid-Century White Porcelain Chickens
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) white porcelain chickens, detailed with tonal feathers and red features and sculpted perched on rocks (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Canton Chinese Export Porcelain Chestnut Bowl
Located in Dublin 8, IE
19th Century Canton Chinese Export Rose Medallion porcelain chestnut bowl with lid featuring painted interior scenes of figures, birds and flowers with gi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Brass Charger with Fretwork Border and Etched Decoration, Signed
Located in Stamford, CT
High quality Chinese Export brass tray or charger with incised decoration and openwork, or fretwork border. Heavy cast with a beautifully burnished surface. Circa 1900. Signed by mak...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Tibetan Vase Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug.
Measures: 3' x 5'6".
Category
Late 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair Of Chinese Export Porcelain Garden Seats
Located in Essex, MA
Not a typical shape with baluster form body decorated with Chrysanthemums and birds.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Chinese Cloisonné Bowl Carved Gem Stone/ Serpentine Medallion & Ring Handles
China, Later 20th Century
An exquisite Chinese cloisonné bowl from the 20th ce...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Navy Blue Antique Art Deco Chinese Wool Rug With a Classic Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
This elegant antique Art Deco Chinese wool rug features a navy blue color field with a decorative border in red and vibrant accents, showcasing a stunning classic Chinese motif.
Thi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Other
Chinese Porcelain Snuff Bottle
Located in Vienna, AT
Very decorative, hand painted, Chinese snuff bottle, made from porcelain, circa 1940s.
The bottle has a narrow neck with a cone shaped stopper.
The main decoration is hand painted.
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Export Enamel Gourd Cachepots
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of Chinese Export enamel gourd cachepots, Each one realistically cast and modeled. Gold plated copper base. Shown with jade plants, not included. 2.5" ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Copper, Enamel
19th Century Handcrafted Chinese Elm Wood Side Table – Solid Rustic Design
Located in Milano, IT
This 19th-century handcrafted elm wood side table from China is a beautifully rustic piece with timeless appeal. The table features a solid, single piece of elm wood for the top, sho...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Export Porcelain Large Figures of Mythical Characters
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese export porcelain large mythical figures,
Probably of Shouxing, God of Longevity
Circa 1775
The two Chinese Export figures stand on green shaped bases and although they a...
Category
1770s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Vase Table Lamp
Located in Baltimore, MD
This is a colourful antique Chinese porcelain vase, depicting a traditional Chinese scene with exotic birds and landscape, converted into an elegant table lamp with a fine linen shad...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood, Porcelain, Linen
Pair of Antique Chinese Black Glazed Phoenix-Tail Form Porcelain Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Antique Chinese (late 19th-early 20th Century) porcelain phoenix tail-form vases with black glazed exteriors and white interiors (PRICED AS PAIR)
Condition: Good; Wear consi...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Chinese Oval Black and Gold Tole Floral Walkway Design Tray
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese oval tole serving tray with a painted gold design of a figures climbing a staircase to a walkway surrounded by flowering plants on a black background with a shallow l...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
20th Century Chinese Ceramic Tang San Cai (Tri Color)Horse
Located in Pomona, CA
A large vintage Tang style Sancai glazed terracotta horse. This exquisite piece features a striking green and brown color glazed finish, infusing it with ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Export Porcelain Small Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain small canton famille rose elephant modeled as a candlestick,
circa 1860
The standing Chinese Export porcelain elephant with its trunk up is painted in an iron-red with gilt decoration. On its back is a vase-shaped candle holder rising from the raised saddle painted with a band of green leaves. Below the urn is a long saddle cloth hanging...
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
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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