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
Recognized Seller Listings
Antique Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Vase for the Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese ormolu and cloisonné enamel vase for the Islamic Market
Chinese, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 10cm...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
XX°Century Chinese Decorative Screen Lacquered whit Landscape and Sails
Located in Brescia, IT
Chinese screen in black lacquered wood decorated with gilded paintings, very sturdy with excellent wooden base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood
Chinese White, Green, and Pink Floral and Rooster Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th century) white porcelain urn incised and painted with decorations of roosters amid blooming floral branches mixed with geometric patterned bands at the bo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Dark Blue and Red Cherry Blossom Tree Motif Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain table lamp made from a richly colored dark blue vase with a red, pink and white budding cherry blossom tree climbing up its form, a wo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Chinese Export Silver Goblet, circa 1900
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Chinese Export Silver goblet; an addition to our wine and drinks related silverware collection
This exceptional antique Chinese Export Silver (CES) goblet has a circular bell shaped form, to a shaped stem and plain circular stepped foot.
The drinking vessel of this antique silver goblet is embellished with chased iconic Chinese dragon designs accented with stylised flame and cloud decoration, all on a matte background.
The decoration to the body incorporates a vacant shield shaped cartouche.
The upper rim of this antique Chinese goblet is encompassed with an applied moulded border.
The impressive shaped pedestal is realistically modelled in the form of three rooted and swept bamboo stalks, accented with applied leaves in junction with the drinking vessel.
The impressive domed circular foot is embellished with further chased decoration replicating the details of the bamboo's terrain and environment.
This impressive Chinese silver goblet...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pair of Chinese White Peacock and Floral Design Urn-Shaped Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese white porcelain vases with urn-shaped forms decorated in large scale dark blue leaves outlined in gold, amid green, yellow and pink foliage and flora topped with blue...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Wooden Civil Officer Statues
Located in New York, NY
2 Chinese carved wooden statues of civil officers wearing white robes detailed with red trim and a tassel belt at the waist (Priced each).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Blue Multi-Pattern Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain urn painted with a variety of blue, decorative patterns, including feathers and bold vertical markings, that are proportionally balanced to create a harmoniou...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Teal Cylindrical Patterned Cloisonne Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese cylindrical table lamp made from a teal and gold-patterned cloisonne vase painted with floral arrangements and fruit bowls with a brown wooden...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel, Metal, Brass
Antique Chinese Painted Porcelain Plate and Wood Vanity Mirror
Located in New York, NY
Carved wooden standing vanity mirror with mirrored surface on one side, and a hand-painted porcelain plate on the reverse featuring a pastoral scene with characters in the top right ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Mirror, Wood, Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Pale Gray Glazed Porcelain Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of similar Chinese porcelain vases with globular forms in pale gray hues with glazed finishes (vases vary slightly in shape) (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in New York, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Bamboo
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Man and Horse Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in New York, 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 Off-White and Figurative Scene Porcelain Urn Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white, urn-shaped, porcelain vase depicting a joyful scene of gift-bearing children greeting elders in a pastoral sett...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese White, Brown, and Red Floral Design Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with incised and painted brown foliage and stems growing blooming red florals, and wrapped in geometric bands of blue, pink and yellow at the o...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Brown and Pink Rope Design Trim Handled Vase
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese handled vase with a pale pink base and a burnished tan body showing highs and lows in the finish, wrapped in two ribboned r...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Gold Wooden Buddha Statues
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese gold, carved wooden Buddha figures seated atop floral and red platform bases (PRICED AS PAIR).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in New York, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-F).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinese Light Blue Crackled Finish Porcelain Beaker Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese (20th Century) light blue porcelain vase with a beaker shape and crackled finish.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue with Red Robes
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details and red and green robes.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details in red, green, and blue.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in New York, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-G).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinese Blue and White Peacock Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (late 19th century) large off-white, porcelain urn with a blue peacock amid florals and two blue scrolled handles along the neck.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Chinese Red and Brown Wooden Storage Bench
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Early Republic) wooden bench with removeable, red-sided, black two-piece top painted in a gold and red central figurative scene and moths in each corner, supported b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Orange Lidded Porcelain Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) orange porcelain jars depicting white medallions with imagery of fish, seaweed and pastoral scenes and topped with wooden lids (date mark...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Terra Cotta Woman and Kneeling Camel Tomb Figure
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terracotta tomb figure of a woman in a gray dress sitting on a kneeling Bactrian camel with its head tilted back and mout...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese White and Blue Floral and Feather Motif Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain urn painted with a blue and white floral background surrounding a center square with a floral arrangement, feathers along the neck in varying shades of blue, and ge...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Black Lacquered Elm Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese black lacquered over elm cabinet with two fold-back doors with Chinese character decoration covering front.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Camphor Wood Sailor's Large Brass-Bound Sea or Campaign Chest & Lock
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Sailor's Large Brass-bound Camphor Wood Sea or Campaign Chest,
Mid-19th Century.
A large rectangular dramatic campaign or sailor's trunk lined with Camphor wood and with interior inset drawer, the exterior with brass corners and clasp. There is the original Chinese lock...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Pair of Chinese Pale Green and Pink Blossom Lidded Jars
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese pale green lidded jars decorated with lily pads and pink lotus blossoms on one side of their round forms and extending up to the lids,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Porcelain Foo Dog Candlesticks
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain foo dog candlesticks
Circa 1860
The Chinese Export porcelain foo dog candlesticks or joss sticks are modeled with the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Carved Wood and Red Accented Bogu Etagere Shelf
Located in New York, NY
Chinese Bogu wooden etagere featuring open display shelving connecting ornately carved, red framed doors, two red drawers with golden foliage ornamentat...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Chinese Painted Clay Buddha Statue with Green and Brown Robes
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (early 20th Century, Republic of China) clay Buddha sculpture with painted details in green, brown, and blue.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Clay
Ming Dynasty Porcelain Shou Lau Figure
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese (Ming Dynasty-Circa 1500) blue & green porcelain Shou Lau seated figure with oversize head (symbolism of longevity & luck) on a base suppo...
Category
16th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Split Vase Wooden Wall Plaque
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) wall plaque framing a bisected porcelain lidded jar painted with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Painted White Wooden Magazine Rack
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese white wooden magazine rack with two compartments, a turned handle and subtly tapered sides accented in light blue, and a central d...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Art Deco Purple Area Rug
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese Art Deco rug with a pale purple background and floral decoration (possibly NICHOLS).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Vase for the Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Chinese ormolu and cloisonné enamel vase for the Islamic market
Chinese, early 20th century
Dimensions: Height 14cm, diameter 15cm
Crafted in China...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Enamel, Ormolu
Chinese White and Blue Foo Dog Design Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) off-white porcelain urn decorated with blue foo dogs playing amid the clouds and accented in two pale blue scrolled h...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Pale Yellow and Colorful Floral Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain table lamp made from a pale yellow, rounded vase decorated with a brightly colored floral design mounted on a wooden base with wooden top and brass hardware.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Chinese Mid-Century White Porcelain Chickens
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (mid 20th century) white porcelain chickens, detailed with tonal feathers and red features and sculpted perched on rocks (pr...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Multicolor Banded Pattern Porcelain Urn
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) porcelain urn wrapped in a variety of patterned bands, including florals, roosters, and geometric patterns in pink, green, blues and yellows.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Asian Chinese Style Wooden Rectangular Coffee Table
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese export (mid-20th Century) hong (black) wood low rectangular coffee table with cabriole legs.
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Chinese Hardwood Bar Cabinet with Shou Carvings
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese hardwood bar cabinet with a paneled exterior and brass-hinged top and doors that open to reveal ample storage for glassware, slide-out bottle trays, two drawers and S...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Chinese White, Brown, and Magenta Floral Motif Porcelain Vase
Located in New York, NY
Chinese white porcelain vase decorated with incised and painted brown foliage and stems accented by magenta, light blue and yellow florals, and bands of floral garland at the opening...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rust Agate Bowl with Lid and Stand
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate oval bowl with a carved relief base supporting a pieced and carved lid with a finial top. (modern base 1¾" high).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone, Marble
Pair of Chinese White and Blue Peaches Decorative Plates
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese blue and white porcelain decorative plates painted with thin blue double lines surrounding floral garlands along the rims, opening to wider florals and swirling vine ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Framed Pink and Green Painted Panel Depicting a Chinese Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Chinese partially distressed painted panel in green and pink against a crackle beige background depicting a landscape wtih trees ad architecture inside a floral border.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Acrylic
Pair of Chinese Yellow Balancing Scene Table Lamps
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese ceramic table lamps made from yellow, urn-shaped vases decorated with hand-painted figurative scenes of men on balance beams, and wooden b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Pair of Chinese White Porcelain Gall Bladder Vases
Located in New York, NY
Pair of antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) white porcelain gall bladder form vases, named for their resemblance to the shape of the organ, with bulbous bottoms and thin, delicate nec...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Large Chinese Carved and Painted Wooden Buddha Head Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese carved bleached wood table lamp with Buddha head on a square giltwood base with a giltwood head piece under a three light top with central...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood
Set of 4 Chinese Red Porcelain Catchalls
Located in New York, NY
Set of 4 Chinese red glazed porcelain catchalls with organic forms decorated in raised depictions of frogs around the exteriors (priced as set).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Han Amber Glazed Porcelain Jar
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese (Han Dynasty 206BC-220AD) amber glazed pottery vase (jar) with a band of animals in relief raised on a modern 2¬O" high base.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Rust Agate Elephant Urn
Located in New York, NY
Asian Chinese rust agate tapered urn with carved elephant handles having rings and scroll & floral carving in relief with a finial top with filigree sides. (modern base 1¬O" high).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Marble, Stone
Chinese Gray Barrel Porcelain Table Lamp
Located in New York, NY
Chinese porcelain table lamp in a light gray hue and barrel shape on a wooden base with brass hardware.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Framed Vintage Chinese Acrylic Abstract Painting of Waves and Fans
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese acrylic on canvas abstract painting of black and warm toned multi-colored swirls and waves interspersed with florals, leaves, and fans in a rectangular black painted ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
Pair of Chinese Wooden White Painted Contortionist Console Tables
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Chinese console tables comprised of whitewashed wooden bases carved to resemble acrobatic figures supporting gray, rectangular t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Chinese Black Two-Tiered Tole Oval Server
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Chinese black tole, two-tiered server with a black metal frame holding two oval shelves decorated in a garland border of gold leaves with red dots...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
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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