Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer
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Our reproduction wedding cabinet looks exceptionally striking in the black lacquer. According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one...
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Classical Chinese furniture has a timeless appeal that never goes out of style. Our signature range of traditional Chinese furniture is handcrafted from reclaimed elm or poplar wood, and includes reproductions from China's golden age as well as more contemporary designs inspired by the same period. The range includes oriental cabinets, beautifully crafted chairs, Chinese blanket chests and much more.
Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer
Our reproduction wedding cabinet looks exceptionally striking in the black lacquer. According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one...
View full detailsLacquer Wedding Cabinet, Red Lacquer
This beautiful red lacquer wedding cabinet is made from solid poplar wood. Traditionally in China, large cabinets or armoires like this were presen...
View full detailsLacquer Wedding Cabinet, Cream Lacquer
Traditionally filled with silks, fabrics or clothes, these cabinets would have been given as part of a bride's dowry. This stunning cream version o...
View full detailsChinese Television Cabinet, Warm Elm
Our warm elm version of this ingenious cabinet uses the design elements of classic Chinese furniture to solve a very modern problem. Ideal to hide ...
View full detailsChinese Styled Television Cabinet, Black Lacquer
Our TV cabinet looks stunning in black lacquer, designed in a way so as to solve the problem of hiding away the TV when not in use. This cabinet ha...
View full detailsThis version of our horseshoe armchair is in our 'warm' finish, chairs like this one were symbols of status in Ming dynasty China. Known also in Ch...
View full detailsHorseshoe Armchair, Black Lacquer
Finished in our black lacquer, this horseshoe armchair takes its design from those of the Ming dynasty used as symbols of status. Originally used a...
View full detailsThe light finish on this version of our horseshoe armchair, accentuates the grain of the elm wood and complexity of the build, as all the different...
View full detailsThe two doors set centrally in this handsome warm elm sideboard are a feature of furniture from Qinghai province in western China and give it a sim...
View full detailsChinese Ming Sideboard, Black Lacquer
Made from solid reclaimed poplar wood, our black lacquer sideboard has a simple, clean style. This is due to the two doors being set centrally whic...
View full detailsBased on the old grain cabinets of Qinghai province in western China, our light elm sideboard would be ideal for a modern dining or living room. Ca...
View full detailsOur warm elm mid size cabinet features solid, simple lines which are typical of the furniture produced by the Chinese in the northern provinces. Th...
View full detailsMid Size Cabinet, Black Lacquer
Typical of the furniture produced by the Chinese in the northern provinces, our black lacquer cabinet features solid, simple lines. The round brass...
View full detailsThe 'square cornered' style, with thick outer frames, of our light elm cabinet, gives it a robust feel, while the round brass hardware on the doors...
View full detailsSmall Chinese Kang Cabinet, Warm Elm
This low warm elm cabinet is ideal as a TV stand with unmistakeable oriental style. It shows the same simple, balanced design of our double sided c...
View full detailsSmall Kang Cabinet, Black Lacquer
The black lacquer version of our small kang cabinet oozes oriental style. Small, low cabinets like this were used throughout the colder Chinese pro...
View full detailsSmall, low cabinets, like this light elm version, were used throughout the colder Northern and Western Chinese provinces where they would be placed...
View full detailsChinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm
Finished in our warm elm, cabinets in this style were used from early in Chinese history to hold incense and other offerings to ancestors. The reli...
View full detailsOur black lacquer altar cabinet tapers upwards to meet the curved apron at either end of the top surface, giving a sense of movement and fluidity. ...
View full detailsThe largest of our oriental trunks and chests, this elegant warm elm blanket box looks beautiful at the end of a bed and is strong enough to provid...
View full detailsThe subtly curved lid gives this black lacquer trunk its name as well as its graceful lines, while the large brass circular hardware adds some clas...
View full detailsThe wave trunk, here in light elm, is the largest in our oriental trunks and chests range. The subtly curved lid gives the trunk its name as well a...
View full detailsMade from solid reclaimed elm with dovetail joints and finished on the inside in a dark wood stain our red lacquer wave trunk is the largest within...
View full detailsThis elegant blanket box, seen here in a lovely pale cream lacquer, looks beautiful at the end of a bed and is strong enough to provide additional ...
View full detailsLarge Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm
Finished in warm elm, this deeper, wider version of our Ming chest of drawers has a real sense of understated oriental style. Again it is a modern ...
View full detailsLarge Chest of Drawers, Black Lacquer
Our black lacquer chest of drawers is a modern design - the Chinese did not use chests of drawers as we did in the west until quite recently - but ...
View full detailsLarge Chest of Drawers, Light Elm
Made from solid reclaimed elm, our light finish really emphasizes the beautiful grain of the wood. This deeper, wider version of our Ming chest of ...
View full detailsDouble-Sided Cabinet, Warm Elm
This warm elm cabinet shows the clean lines and pure design that was typical of Chinese furniture produced during the Ming dynasty. The style is si...
View full detailsDouble-Sided Cabinet, Black Lacquer
The style of this black lacquer cabinet is simple and beautifully balanced - the two sets of doors mounted on circular hinges and with the characte...
View full detailsDouble-Sided Cabinet, Light Elm
Ideal as a dining room sideboard or for bedroom or living room storage this cabinet in a light finish has a single removable shelf inside each sect...
View full detailsChinese Trunk Square, Warm Elm
Made from solid reclaimed elm wood this smaller, cube shaped Chinese blanket chest. Great as a side table next to a sofa, for storing towels in a b...
View full detailsChinese Black Lacquer Trunk, Square
Like our other chests this black lacquer version is made from solid reclaimed elm wood using proper dovetail joints and is strong enough to sit on....
View full detailsThe handles on the sides and circular lock plate on the front of this light elm square trunk are in brass and give the chest its classic Chinese st...
View full detailsOur red lacquer, cube shaped blanket chest is great for storing towels in a bathroom, as a side table next to a sofa or as a bedside table. Like ou...
View full detailsWith a modern cream lacquer finish this smaller, cube shaped blanket chest has brass handles and circular lock plate on the front giving the trunk ...
View full detailsThis beautifully simple low table in warm elm is based on the 'lute tables' used by the Chinese when seated on the floor to play musical instrument...
View full detailsLow Scroll Table, Black Lacquer
Great as a coffee table or as a stand for a television, this beautifully simple black lacquer low table is designed on the 'lute tables' used by th...
View full detailsChinese Tapered Cabinet, Warm Elm
This style of Chinese cabinet, seen here in a warm finish, with the doors mounted on wooden dowels that fit directly into the frames and a slightly...
View full detailsTapered Cabinet, Black Lacquer
Cabinets like our black lacquer version were sometimes known as 'Scholars' Cabinets' as they were often used to store the books, papers or writing ...
View full detailsWith two removable shelves inside, our modern day light elm version is a great size to hold a stereo unit, or even in a bathroom for toiletries. Th...
View full detailsYoke-Back Side Chair, Warm Elm
The name 'Yoke-Back' chair comes from the curved top rail seen on this timeless Chinese design and seen here finished in our warm elm. The style fi...
View full detailsYoke-Back Side Chair, Black Lacquer
The seat of our black lacquer chair has a smoothed rattan inlay and works perfectly as a dining chair, with a desk or as occasional seating. Antiqu...
View full detailsYoke-Back Side Chair, Light Elm
Since its early development this style of chair has changed very little through the centuries, with only slight modifications or regional variation...
View full detailsOur warm elm armchair has the same beautiful curves and detail as our yoke-back side chair, including the dragon in carved relief on the curved bac...
View full detailsYoke-Back Armchair, Black Lacquer
Made from solid elm wood with a rattan seat our black lacquer armchairs would look great individually in a bedroom or living room as a statement pi...
View full detailsGreat individually in a bedroom or living room as a statement piece, or use them at the head of our dining tables. This light elm model is made fro...
View full detailsMing Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm
Our warm elm chest of drawers features the usual frame and panel construction with a simple apron below the lower frame and round brass handles tha...
View full detailsChinese Ming Chest of Drawers, Black Lacquer
The four full width drawers in our black lacquer oriental chest are mounted on wooden runners to give an easy action when they are opened and close...
View full detailsClassical Chinese furniture refers to a style and an aesthetic taste, of restraint, balance and grandeur, rather than to a particular period. Plain hardwoods, like the reclaimed woods we use for these reproductions, were always accorded high esteem by Chinese craftsmen from the Qing dynasties onwards. Trade had recently opened, and tropical hardwoods from South-East Asia were beginning to be imported. It was these strong hardwoods which allowed the craftsmen to create austere, slender legged chairs and tables which showed off the beauty of the precious wood, alongside the lacquered furniture which was equally prized. Here at Shimu, we’re very happy to be continuing the tradition of Chinese classical furniture, and to be bringing you these beautiful pieces of furniture to show off in your home.
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