Petite Chinese Altar Coffer

With no stretchers or spandrels, this gorgeous altar table flows like a ribbon, rounding the bend to form straight, waterfall sides that end in scrolled feet. Dated to the mid-19th c...

The warm tones and active grain of natural pine wood are the focus of this unusually articulated rustic coffer. Made for a provincial home in northeastern China, this sideboard was o...

Perfected in the Ming dynasty, complex joinery techniques allowed craftsmen to create furniture with flowing lines, a sense of lightness, and remarkable durability. Crafted with pine...

The warm tones and active grain of natural pine wood are the focus of this unusually articulated Dongbei coffer table. Made for a provincial home in northeastern China, this table wa...

Chinese artisans often weave stories and symbolism into their furniture designs. In Mandarin, the words for "eight" and "luck" share a pronunciation, making this coffer a powerful sy...

With a clean lines and minimal decoration, this 19th-century offering table is at home in any contemporary room. Despite its modern form, the table incorporates many fundamental features of traditional Chinese table design: round legs...

Chic small console in black piano lacquer, with single inset drawer, raised on sculpted legs and stretchers. The side brass supports add an elegant material contrast. Unmarked and designer unknown, this table was retailed by La Permanente Cantu...

A vintage Chinese lacquered wood dressing table with stand up mirror and drawers from the first half of the 20th century. This Chinese vanity desk features a three-piece hinged rectangular top, made of two panels that open to reveal small storage compartments, ideal to organize makeup. The central section conceals a stand up mirror. The section below is made of two faux drawers and three drawers with brass hardware. The grand simplicity of the lines is beautifully contrasted by the intricate fretwork motifs of the lower shelf. With its pure lines and dark lacquered finish, this Chinese dressing table...

Qing Dynasty (19th c), an elm wood, two drawer, altar coffer with brass flower-shaped ring pulls. The rectangular top sits over two frieze drawers above a plank panel and shaped apron, flanked by pierced openwork scrolling cloud molding, the whole raised on square to round...

A Chinese red and black lacquered altar coffer table from the 19th century, with figural and floral motifs, everted flanges and carved legs. Created in Ch...

A tall Chinese altar table with original lacquer finish.   

Qing dynasty furniture is designed to exhibit a positive interplay between nature and humanity. This altar table, with its simple structure and ...