Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer w195 Based on a type of

Based on a type of Chinese cabinet used for food storage

This was normally made either from three or five pieces of wood

protruding armrests that are distinctive of this style

low cabinets like this were used throughout the colder Chinese provinces where they would be placed on the 'kang' - the raised platform that was heated from below and which formed the main living space in a Chinese home

The curved backrest features wonderful open carvings of a 'kylin' (a Chinese unicorn) on the main panel

Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer w195 Based on a type ofOur reproduction wedding cabinet looks exceptionally striking in the black lacquer. According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one time have been presented as part of a bride's wedding dowry, the contents of the cabinet would have included such items as fabrics, clothes and silks. The term 'Wedding Cabinet' is a more recent westernised description. In ancient China they would normally be made in either red or black lacquer and, as in