Red & Black Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century Period - Edo Reference:

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It's design is typical of the furniture from this area of China - This has the original finish which has been polished with Beeswax

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combining utility with carefully balanced proportions

this 19th-century three-way lamp niche would originally have been set beside a doorway

Red & Black Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century Period - Edo Reference:This elegant antique red and black lacquered Chinese 'square cornered cabinet' is colloquially known as book cabinet. This style of cabinet would have been used by scholars for storing clothes and objects used in the pursuit of wisdom. Originally have had gilt painting on the doors. Remnants of the painting are visible; a vase and flowers scholarly designs to inspire wisdom. Two doors open outwards to reveal a large interior space separated by a