Chinese Classical Furniture

Chinese Classical Furniture

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.

Ming Console Table, Warm Elm
€1.065,95

Ming Console Table, Warm Elm

CT07N

This beautifully proportioned narrow console table in warm elm will add oriental chic to any room. The elegant 'horse hoof' feet and S-shape suppor...

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€1.065,95
Ming Console Table, Black Lacquer
€1.065,95

Ming Console Table, Black Lacquer

CT07D

Our black lacquer console table has a simplistic oriental style. With typical features of furniture from China's Ming dynasty, for example the eleg...

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€1.065,95
Ming Sideboard, Warm Elm
€1.681,95

Ming Sideboard, Warm Elm

CW14N

The 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...

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€1.681,95
Ming Sideboard, Black Lacquer
€1.681,95

Chinese Ming Sideboard, Black Lacquer

CW14D

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...

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€1.681,95
Ming Sideboard, Light Elm
€1.176,95

Ming Sideboard, Light Elm

CW14M

Based 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...

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€1.176,95
Mid Size Cabinet, Warm Elm
€1.410,95

Mid Size Cabinet, Warm Elm

CW17N

Our warm elm mid size cabinet features solid, simple lines which are typical of the furniture produced by the Chinese in the northern provinces. Th...

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€1.410,95
Mid Size Cabinet, Black Lacquer
€1.410,95

Mid Size Cabinet, Black Lacquer

CW17D

Typical of the furniture produced by the Chinese in the northern provinces, our black lacquer cabinet features solid, simple lines. The round brass...

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€1.410,95
Mid Size Cabinet, Light Elm
€1.410,95

Mid Size Cabinet, Light Elm

CW17M

The '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...

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€1.410,95
Ming Wardrobe, Warm Elm
€2.334,95

Ming Wardrobe, Warm Elm

CW04N

This solid, simply styled wardrobe in warm elm is a reproduction of the thick framed 'square cornered' cabinets that were commonly made in Beijing ...

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€2.334,95
Ming Wardrobe, Black Lacquer
€2.334,95

Chinese Ming Wardrobe, Black Lacquer

CW04D

Our black lacquer wardrobe is a reproduction of the 'square cornered', thick framed cabinets that were commonly made in Beijing and other parts of ...

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€2.334,95
Ming Wardrobe, Light Elm
€2.334,95

Ming Wardrobe, Light Elm

CW04M

The addition of a hanging rail is what makes our light elm wardrobe different to the cabinets that the design is based on, this was something unfam...

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€2.334,95
Ming Wardrobe, Cream Lacquer
€2.334,95

Ming Wardrobe, Cream Lacquer

CW04C

Made with the modern home in mind, our cream lacquer wardrobe is based on the thick framed 'square cornered' cabinets that were commonly made in Be...

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€2.334,95
Small Kang Cabinet, Warm Elm
€1.385,95

Small Chinese Kang Cabinet, Warm Elm

CW10N

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...

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€1.385,95
Small Kang Cabinet, Black Lacquer
€1.385,95

Small Kang Cabinet, Black Lacquer

CW10D

The black lacquer version of our small kang cabinet oozes oriental style. Small, low cabinets like this were used throughout the colder Chinese pro...

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€1.385,95
Small Kang Cabinet, Light Elm
€1.385,95

Small Kang Cabinet, Light Elm

CW10M

Small, low cabinets, like this light elm version, were used throughout the colder Northern and Western Chinese provinces where they would be placed...

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€1.385,95
Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm
€1.903,95

Chinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm

CW15N

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...

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€1.903,95
Altar Cabinet, Black Lacquer
€1.903,95

Altar Cabinet, Black Lacquer

CW15D

Our 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. ...

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€1.903,95
Display Cabinet, Warm Elm
€1.964,95

Display Cabinet, Warm Elm

CW19N

Finished in warm elm and based on a type of cabinet used by the Chinese to store food, we have updated our version to add bevelled glass panels in ...

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€1.964,95
Display Cabinet, Black Lacquer
€1.964,95

Display Chinese Cabinet, Black Lacquer

CW19D

The style of our black lacquer display Chinese cabinet, is in the classic 'square cornered' design of most Chinese cabinets, with circular brass ha...

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€1.964,95
Wave Trunk, Warm Elm
€1.164,95

Wave Trunk, Warm Elm

TK06N

The 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...

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€1.164,95
Wave Trunk, Black Lacquer
€1.164,95

Wave Trunk, Black Lacquer

TK06D

The 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...

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€1.164,95
Wave Trunk, Light Elm
€1.164,95

Chinese Wave Trunk, Light Elm

TK06M

The 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...

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€1.164,95
Wave Trunk, Red Lacquer
€1.164,95

Wave Trunk, Red Lacquer

TK06R

Made 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...

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€1.164,95
Wave Trunk, Cream Lacquer
€1.164,95

Wave Trunk, Cream Lacquer

TK06C

This 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 ...

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€1.164,95
Large Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm
€1.533,95

Large Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm

TK15N

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 ...

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€1.533,95
Large Chest of Drawers, Black Lacquer
€1.533,95

Large Chest of Drawers, Black Lacquer

TK15D

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 ...

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€1.533,95
Large Chest of Drawers, Light Elm
€1.533,95

Large Chest of Drawers, Light Elm

TK15M

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 ...

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€1.533,95
Carved Lattice Screen, Warm Elm
€2.396,95

Carved Lattice Screen, Warm Elm

CSR01N

This simple, beautifully crafted lattice screen in warm elm finish is made up of four hinged panels. Each one is created with mortise and tenon joi...

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€2.396,95
Carved Lattice Screen, Black Lacquer
€2.396,95

Carved Lattice Screen, Black Lacquer

CSR01D

Our black lacquer lattice screen works perfectly as a room divider in a living room or just as a statement piece in the corner of a room. This simp...

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€2.396,95
Carved Ming Screen, Warm Elm
€2.396,95

Carved Ming Screen, Warm Elm

CSR02N

The lattice design in the upper panels of this beautiful warm elm screen, made up of individual pieces of wood fitted together with mortis and teno...

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€2.396,95
Carved Ming Screen, Black Lacquer
€2.396,95

Carved Ming Screen, Black Lacquer

CSR02D

Made up of individual pieces of wood fitted together using traditional mortis and tenon joints, the lattice design in the upper panels of this beau...

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€2.396,95
Double-Sided Cabinet, Warm Elm
€1.681,95

Double-Sided Cabinet, Warm Elm

CW07N

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...

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€1.681,95
Double-Sided Cabinet, Black Lacquer
€1.681,95

Double-Sided Cabinet, Black Lacquer

CW07D

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...

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€1.681,95
Double-Sided Cabinet, Light Elm
€1.681,95

Double-Sided Cabinet, Light Elm

CW07M

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...

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€1.681,95
Square Trunk, Warm Elm
€486,95

Chinese Trunk Square, Warm Elm

TK02N

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...

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€486,95
Square Trunk, Black Lacquer
€486,95

Chinese Black Lacquer Trunk, Square

TK02D

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....

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€486,95

The history of Chinese Classical Furniture

Classical 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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