Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables Classical Pale Oak Dining Chair

Classical Pale Oak Dining Chair - with Soft French Grey Cotton Seat & Back

white washed to fit into a contemporary home

Carved Columns With Foliate Motifs

Originally part of an architectural interior

Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Door Coffee Tables Classical Pale Oak Dining ChairLacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts usually in pairs, better quality cabinets were made from Elm. Lacquer has a long history in Chinese furniture and has been used for over 2000 years. It's is a resin made from the sap of the Rhus verniciflua tree, red is the most commonly used colour, black is much less common. Chinese wedding cabinets are usually decorated with gold leaf or coloured lacquer, but original pieces were not usually