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Chinoiserie Furniture

CHINOISERIE STYLE

Emerging in the 17th century, chinoiserie appropriated the aesthetics and imagery of popular East Asian design for European-made versions. Reflecting the exoticization of China, Japan and other countries in this era, the word directly translates from French to “Chinese-esque,” which reveals its shortcomings as a style of furniture and decor that often stereotypically and reductively mimics Asian culture rather than showcasing and paying tribute to its artistic traditions.

The enthusiastically decorative chinoiserie style was propelled by influential tastemakers including French King Louis XIV, whose Trianon de Porcelaine in 1670 was inspired by Chinese architecture. Expanded trade between the East and West led to a demand for porcelain, lacquer objects, silk and other goods, which further informed the fanciful furniture being crafted in Europe.

Artisans working in the chinoiserie style used materials and elements like pagoda shapes, bamboo, lacquer surfaces, bird and flower motifs and other interpretations of Asian design on pieces that were frequently set against vibrant wallcoverings. This whimsical approach yielded chinoiserie furniture that boasted dramatic flourishes drawing on the natural world and reflected the dominance of Rococo during the 18th century.

As chinoiserie was shaped by approximations of Asian design by European creators, it had regional variations, such as Chinese Chippendale in England where cabinets, chairs and tea tables had wooden fretwork designs and “japanned” surfaces intended to resemble lacquer work that was created in East Asia. In North America, furniture makers in Boston and New York integrated chinoiserie-painted scenes into Queen Anne furniture.

Antique chinoiserie furniture has continued to be fashionable, from its popularity with decorators of the Hollywood Regency era — James Mont, Tommi Parzinger, William Haines and Samuel Marx favored the style — to contemporary interior designers, although it brings with it a complex history.

Find a collection of chinoiserie bedroom furniture, cabinets, decorative objects and more on 1stDibs.

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Style: Chinoiserie
Mason's Ironstone Dinner Plate Chinoiserie Hand Painted Black Ground, circa 1845
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good, dinner plate by Mason's ironstone, England in a very decorative, hand painted floral pattern, dating to circa 1845. This is a rare pattern. The Plate is c...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Ironstone

Delft - Pair of blue floral Delfware plates - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
Good pair of 18th century Dutch Delft Blue plates decorated with a geometrical arrangement of a central flower, adorned with foliage scrolls. The borders richly adorned with similar ...
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Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

French serving tray with chinoiserie painting on black metal, early 19th century
Located in Salzburg, AT
Antique serving tray from France at the beginning of the 19th century. The oval metal tray has an all-round gallery border with 2 handles. The gallery border has a beautiful hand-p...
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1820s French Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Metal, Gold

Chinoiserie Style Gold Brass Table Lamps after Designer James Mont, a Pair
Located in New York, NY
A pair of gold anodized brass desk or table lamps in the Chinoiserie style after designer James Mont, late-20th century, circa 1980s. Lamps have a wood base and brass ball finial. Dimensions: 31.5" height to top of finial 22.25" height to top of socket 9" lamp diameter at widest 7" lamp diameter base Cord: 72" long Black acrylic table...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair of Frederick Cooper Helix Lamps
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A pair of classic "Helix" lamps by Frederick Cooper, Chicago, IL ca' 1960's. Original shades.
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1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

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Wood

Vintage Bassett Chinoiserie Burl Coffee Table with Brass Accents
Located in Doylestown, PA
Vintage Bassett Asian style burl coffee table with brass accents, 1970s. This impressive table is adorned with chunky brass corner accents with great ...
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1970s North American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Royal Delft 300th Anniversary Commemorative Bonbonnière, 1953, Hand-Painted
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This rare and exceptional Royal Delft Blue bonbonnière, produced by De Porceleyne Fles to commemorate the factory’s 300th anniversary (1653-1953), is ...
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1950s Dutch Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

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Ceramic, Earthenware, Faience

Pair Antique Blue and White Delft Chargers Made by "The Axe" circa 1780
Located in Katonah, NY
We are pleased to offer this pair of Dutch Delft blue and white chargers decorated in the center with an image of a delicate vase filled with chrysanthemums and peonies. The design in the center of the charger is derived from Chinese decoration, where auspicious flowers were put in bamboo baskets as attractive interior decorative elements. The border of the charger is adorned with four floral panels, which alternate with four cobalt blue panels with fish-net patterns. The edge of each charger is painted with orange slip...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Delft

Chinoiserie Hand Painted Style Faux Silver Bamboo Mirror Decorative
Located in Manhasset, NY
A decorative mirror, 20th century, the silver painted faux bamboo frame surmounting a rectangular glass plate, the top decorated with chinoiserie hand-painted scene.
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20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture

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Mirror, Wood

John Ridgway Ironstone Bowl Hand-Painted pattern, William 1Vth Circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a highly decorative, ironstone, twin handled circular footed Bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the English William 1Vth period, circa 1835 . The bowl has been carefully hand-painted in bold colorful enamels with a chinoiserie pattern of three oriental people travelling on a boat, pattern number 5057. It is also richly hand gilded. John Ridgway operated at his father’s celebrated Cauldon Place works, Shelton, Hanley, England, between 1830-1856, producing some fine porcelain and stone China of excellent quality. His stone China earthenwares and ironstone wares are discussed on page 305 of Godden's Guide to Ironstone, Stone and Granite Wares written by Geoffrey Godden for the Antique Collectors Club. This piece is fully marked to the base with an Imperial Stone China...
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Ironstone

19th Century Chinese Chippendale Overmantel Mirror with HO HO Birds
Located in Charleston, SC
Enchanting Chinoiserie English Chippendale giltwood overmantel mirror. The Chippendale mirror is all craved giltwood with an open Center Cartouche flanked by a pair of HO HO Birds pe...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Giltwood, Mirror

20th Century Blu with Flower Border Wool Peking Chinese Rug, 1920s
Located in Firenze, IT
This very elegant specimen of rare square proportion, testifies to the high level of refinement achieved by the manufactories of Beijing at the beginning of '900, when most of the pr...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

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Wool

Antique Chinoiserie White Painted Console Table with Pagodas, Brighton Pavilion
Located in New York, NY
A Fabulous Antique Continental Chinoiserie Style, Hand-Carved and Hand-Painted Rectangular Shaped Console Table/Side Table with Green Verde Antico Italian Marble Top. Inspired after...
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Early 1900s French Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Marble

Drexel Heritage Mahogany And Ebonized Chinoiserie Decorated Low Table C1950
Located in Big Flats, NY
***Reduced Delivery Rates - See Below or Click “Ask The Seller” to Request a Quote*** Drexel Heritage Mahogany and Ebonized Low Table with Gilt Chin...
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Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

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Mahogany

Large Antique Punch Bowl Showing Medicine Man & Boy in Window Patterns Ca. 1810
Located in Katonah, NY
This rare large punch bowl beautifully marries two of the most sought-after patterns of early 19th-century English ceramics: The Medicine Man and The ...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Earthenware

20th Century Round Chinoiserie Carved Mahogany Plant Stand Sculpture Pedestal
Located in Dayton, OH
Mahogany carved Chinoiserie fern stand, circa last quarter 20th century. Features a solid wood construction with long contoured legs, pierced fretwork, a lower geometric shelf and sc...
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Late 20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

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Mahogany

Copeland-Spode Very Large Ironstone Platter in Chinese Figures pattern, Ca 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a beautiful very large Platter or Meat Plate by Copeland (formerly Spode) in a very decorative hand painted Chinese figure pattern, dating to the turn of the late 19th Centur...
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Late 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Pottery

Set of 12 Original Antique Botanical Prints, circa 1840
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful set of 12 botanical prints. Lithographs by Alfred Adlard, J.Parkin and D.Hayes After C.W Harrison and Miss E.Hogg Original hand color Publi...
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1840s English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Paper

Delft polychrome plate depicting a landscape with ships - 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
18th century Delftware plate with polychrome decoration of a central cartouche depicting a landscape with a castle and ships. unmarked but of amazing beauty. Good quality of pain...
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Late 18th Century Dutch Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Earthenware, Delft, Faience

Bobyrug’s pretty vintage silk art deco Chinese rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 20th century Chinese shrug with beautiful Chinese art deco design with birds and flowers, and nice colours with a light green field and pink, yellow, orange, gre...
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1980s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

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Silk

Early John Ridgway Soup Plate Aukland Chinoiserie Pattern, English, circa 1835
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very decorative, Imperial Stone China (ironstone), large deep plate or soup bowl by John Ridgway, dating to the William IV period of the...
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19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Ironstone

Vintage Chinese hand tufted rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty vintage Chinese rug with a simple design with some Chinese symbols on a yellow background and a navy blue background border with Chinese design and symbols, handmade by hand t...
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1980s Chinese Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Wool

Vintage MCM Small Brass Chinoiserie Trinket Box
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful MCM small brass lidded coffret style trinket box with chinoserie detail. The box depicts engraved scenes with a main motif of a sea ship on the upper lid and other scenes ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Pair of Hand-Painted Porcelain Birds Made by Jeanne Reed’s
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Gorgeous pair of porcelain hand-painted birds standing on a branch Made by Jeanne Reed’s for the Historic Charleston Foundation This pair would look stunning on a fireplace mantle ...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Paint

Delftware Plate with a Parrot, mid 18th century
Located in DELFT, NL
A polychrome charger with a parrot perched on a ring in the center, with interesting asymmetrical landscape elements showing a basis in early 18th century design. The spareness of th...
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Mid-18th Century British Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Faience

Very Fine Chinoiserie Decorated Vitrine Cabinet
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A highly decorated, useful and very well made Vitrine cabinet with three quarter viewing. Having a trim profile and decorated a mottled Green Paint with Gilt Chinoiserie decoration i...
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20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Wood

Italian Chinoiserie Tray Table
Located in New York, NY
Italian chinoiserie tray table. Vintage Italian hand painted tole tray on custom folding painted metal stand in rich aubergine, gilt and silver gil...
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Mid-20th Century Italian Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Tôle

Schumacher by Miles Redd Brighton Pavilion Wallpaper Mural in Multi
Located in New York, NY
Based on a rare 18th-century document and created by one of Europe's premier engravers, this design comes in coordinating panels of fabric and wallpaper with a 12-foot repeat. Pane...
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21st Century and Contemporary British Chinoiserie Furniture

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Paper

Good Quality Pair of French 1950's Blue & White Cased Glass Ginger Jar Lamps
Located in San Francisco, CA
each painted with Chinoiserie decoration beneath a cased-glass surface giving them a beautiful luminescent quality; on reticulated ebonized bases
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1950s French Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Glass

Chinese Early Twentieth Century Vase
Located in CA, CA
Chinese early twentieth century black enamelled vase decorated with birds and butterflies around a flowering peony tree. Small chip under the heel of the vase
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Enamel

Late 19th Century French Treen Inkwell with Pen Holder
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century French treen inkwell with pen holder. Elegantly decorated with subtly colored chinoiserie scenes of gardens & bamboo follies. Bra...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Antique Carved Figure, an Oriental, Jade Study of Bird of Para, China 20th
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This bird is in Jade. It has been made in China during the 20th Century. The color is green.
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20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Jade

Traditional Floral Sofa With Pastel Chinoiserie-Inspired Upholstery and Skirted
Located in Elkton, MD
Late 20th-century traditional curved sofa featuring pastel floral upholstery with a Chinoiserie-inspired pattern. Designed with rolled arms, a skirted base, and three-seat cushions. ...
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Late 20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Upholstery

Gilt Chinoiserie Pink Famille Rose Oval Ceramic Tureen with Lid and Underplate
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A large oval chinoiserie ceramic tureen with lid and underplate. This ceramic dish is hand-painted and decorated with a grade scene. On each side, a brightly colored bird perches upo...
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20th Century Hong Kong Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Paint

A Hand Painted Eglomise Wall Mirror by Labarge
Located in Lambertville, NJ
An Elegant hand painted eglomise framed beveled wall mirror. The artist signed frame and dated 1978 with a chinoiserie inspired decoration. The beveled mirror inset, with an outer ...
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1970s American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Glass, Mirror

Rare Red Chinoiserie Coromandel Lacquered Walnut French Dry Bar Liquor Cabinet
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is superb and extremely rare form of French liquor cabinet or bar. The cabinet features fantastic walnut and a carved Coromandel Chinoiserie...
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1930s French Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Breccia Marble

Georgian Masons Ironstone Desert Plate in Rock Leaves & Flowers Ptn, circa 1815
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a fine Ironstone pottery Desert Plate made by the Mason's factory at Lane Delph, Staffordshire, England and beautifully hand decorated in the Rock, Leaves and flowers Pattern...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Ironstone

Edwardian Mahogany & chinoiserie Decorated Wardrobe
Located in Dereham, GB
Edwardian Mahogany & Chinoiserie decorated wardrobe Cornice with pierced fretwork decoration, The Two doors with circular Chinoiserie panels. Boxwood line inlay around, Arch pie...
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Early 1900s European Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Mahogany

Old English Silver Chinoiserie Centerpiece Bowl
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Old English sheffield silver plate tableware/barware centerpiece bowl . The centerpiece bowl features eight different exterior chinoiserie scene design details resting on a proportio...
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Early 1900s English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Silver Plate

Vintage Hermes Orange & Chocolate Brown Chinoiserie Highboy Chest of Drawers
Located in Hopewell, NJ
A show stopper magnificent chinoiserie 9 drawer highboy in a striking color palette of chocolate brown and two shades of warm orange. The hand painted embellishments are in black and...
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1940s American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Wood

Original Antique Print of a Rose Flambe Vase, circa 1900
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful print of an English flambe vase. Lovely colour. Chromolithograph Published by Connoisseur circa 1900 Unframed.
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Early 1900s English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Paper

Antique Brazilian Signed Vieira De Castro Rio Porcelain Chinese Noble Figure
By João Vieira
Located in Vigonza, Padua
Late 19th century antique Brazilian signed Porcelain Vieira De Castro Rio This delicate Brazilian porcelain reppresenting a noble chinese woman holding ...
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Late 19th Century Brazilian Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Bobyrug’s Nice Little Antique Chinese Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century Chinese rug featuring a stunning Chinese design, adorned with a captivating blue field color. Meticulously hand-knotted with wool velvet on a cotton found...
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Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Yellow Ceramic Chinoiserie Table Lamp Silk Lampshade
Located in New York, NY
A very beautiful bright yellow Chevron pattern ceramic table or desk lamp with coordinating yellow silk shade, in the Chinoiserie style, circa mid-20th century. Lamp body is a bright yellow ceramic in a Chevron pattern, brass hardware that takes two bulbs and has two on/off button switches (one for each bulb), black base, yellow silk shade with a flared edge, and finished with a brass finial. In Fine working order. Other items shown in images available separately, see details below lamp shade dimensions. Lamp dimensions: To top of finial: 31" H To top of lamp body: 19" H 8" Diameter at widest Silk Shade: 15.5" H 17.75" W White cube end table, search 1stDibs ref. #: LU1314222935752 French porcelain butterfly box...
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1970s Asian Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

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Silk, Wood, Ceramic

Philip and Kelvin LaVerne "Ming" Bronze Painting 1960s 'Signed'
Located in New York, NY
Stunning wall-hanging "Ming" painting in patinated and engraved bronze and pewter with hand-applied enamels by Philip & Kelvin LaVerne, American 1960's (etched “P+K LaVerne” on botto...
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1960s American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

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Bronze, Enamel, Pewter

Late 19th Century Satsuma Bowl with the Five Warriors
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous piece of late 19th century Satsuma depicting the 5 warriors in excellent antique condition with no issues to speak of. Finely detailed. interior. Have not cleaned the unders...
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1890s Chinese Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

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Clay

1970s Chinoserie Style Floral Faux Bamboo Wood Chair
Located in Fort Lauderdale, FL
On offer on this occasion is one of the most stunning, faux bamboo handcrafted wood chair you could hope to find. Outstanding design is exhibite...
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1970s Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood

Mid-Century Black Lacquer Cabinet with Gilded Painted Doors
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a stunning Chinoiserie style black lacquer cabinet with gilded (golden) doors that have images of birds, mountains and grasses painted in the gilding. There are two decorativ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinoiserie Furniture

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Wood

Paris Bistro Tin-Plated Brass Tray, France, Early 20th Century
Located in Labrit, Landes
French tin-plated brass tray, Early 20th century Good condition Shipping: 35/35/2 cm 0.9 kg.
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Early 20th Century French Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinoiserie Faux Rattan Amphora Table Lamps by Aneta, Sweden 1980's
Located in Grythyttan, SE
This is a pair of fantastic chinoiserie vintage table lamps from the 1980s. The exact material is uncertain, but they are likely made of artificial plaster. The lamps have an amphora...
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1980s Swedish Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Plaster

Gilt Chinoiserie Sofa Couch Loveseat by Broyhill and Lenoir Chair Company
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A fabulous Chinoiserie sofa in Broyhill fabric by the Lenoir Chair Company. This sofa will make a statement in any room. It is upholstered in a stunning chinoiserie fabric from top t...
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1970s American Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Fabric, Wood

Soup Bowl or Plate Pottery by Zachariah Boyle Chinese Flora Pattern, Ca 1825
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very good early decorative large earthenware pottery Soup Bowl or Deep Plate made by Zachariah Boyle of Hanley and Stoke, England, circa 1825...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

Enormous, circa 1930, Crystal Pagoda Chandelier
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Remarkable, grand, crystal and hand-beaded, Sicilian pagoda chandelier featuring protruding turrets and a tiered upper level embellished with cascading, floral form drops. From the f...
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1930s Italian Vintage Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Crystal, Metal

Collectible Coca-Cola Special Edition Asian Chinese Bottles, a Set of 5
Located in Plainview, NY
A custom made special edition Coca-Cola set of 5 miniature glass bottles. Each bottle is handprinted to portray traditional Chinese emblems such...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Glass

19th Century English George III Chinoiserie Bureau
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Early 19th century hand painted and decorated chinoiserie bureau / desk. The fall front opening to reveal a fully fitted interior and numerous holding compartments, above an arrangem...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Brass

A Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra Table Lamps
Located in Bradenton, FL
A Beautiful Pair Red Gilt Chinoiserie Candelabra table lamps attributed to E.F. Caldwell, New York. Electrified four candle arms and center light, carved wood with fine red Japanned ...
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Early 20th Century American Chinoiserie Furniture

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Wood

Blue and White Delft Lamp
Located in London, GB
Low Countries, circa 1880. An unusual late nineteenth century Delft vase decorated with a bold C scroll and griffins, in the chinoiserie taste. Measures : Height of vase 35.00c...
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Late 19th Century European Antique Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Schumacher Mary McDonald Chinois Palais Floral Sky Wallpaper Panel
Located in New York, NY
Inspired by an antique Chinese silk panel, this Mary McDonald design features exotic birds and cherry blossoms. Since Schumacher was founded in 1889, our family-owned company has b...
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2010s British Chinoiserie Furniture

Materials

Paper

Chinoiserie furniture for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a broad range of unique Chinoiserie 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 decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass, asian art and furniture and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinoiserie furniture made in a specific country, there are Europe, Asia, and East Asia pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Mason's Ironstone, Schumacher, Century Furniture, and Bow Porcelain. 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 $21 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,701.

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