Antique Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi - 19thC Campaign Furniture allowing its dramatic presence and

allowing its dramatic presence and material character to be fully appreciated in a contemporary interior setting

Dimensions: W60 x D55 x H19 cm

it is still sturdy and useable to this day

129 x 11 x 23 (wxdxh cms)

Antique Black Lacquer Wedding Cabinet From Shanxi - 19thC Campaign Furniture allowing its dramatic presence andThis antique Chinese black lacquer wedding cabinet is decorated with flowers and cranes. Lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts, usually in pairs. Black lacquer is the rarest with red being more common. Other colours such as green, blue, yellow and pink were not used and are only found in modern reproductions. The lacquer is a resin made from the sap of the rhus verniciflua tree. Lacquer has a long history in Chinese furniture and has been