Curio Display Cabinet, Warm Elm
CW23N
This elegant cabinet is inspired by traditional curio shelves commonly used in China by the educated elite to showcase valuable items such as vases...
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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.
Curio Display Cabinet, Warm Elm
This elegant cabinet is inspired by traditional curio shelves commonly used in China by the educated elite to showcase valuable items such as vases...
View full detailsCurio Display Cabinet, Black Lacquer
This beautiful cabinet is based on the curio shelves used in China by the scholarly classes to display vases, bronzes, ceramics and other prized po...
View full detailsThree Drawer Ming Console, Warm Elm
Crafted from solid elm wood with, this simple console table boasts a refined, pure design in a rich finish that shows off the beautiful grain of th...
View full detailsThree Drawer Ming Console, Black Lacquer
This narrow console table features an elegant and sleek design, with a black lacquer finish. Its three drawers are adorned with brass ring handles ...
View full detailsChinese 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 detailsSmall Chinese Cabinet, Warm Elm
This warm elm end cabinet is based on the solid framed, simply styled pieces that were commonly used in northern China for centuries. Ours are slig...
View full detailsBased on the simple styled, solid framed pieces that were common in northern China for centuries. This black lacquer version of our end cabinet is ...
View full detailsOur lovely light elm end cabinets, although smaller and more practical for modern day use, are based on the original solid framed, simple styled pi...
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 detailsTapered Elm Chinese Cabinet, Large
This classic Chinese cabinet is finished in a lovely warm elm colour. The tapering 'A-frame' profile of this wardrobe gives a wonderful sense of fl...
View full detailsLarge Tapered Chinese Cabinet, Black Lacquer
Our beautiful black lacquer tapered cabinet originally would have included only shelves as the Chinese would fold their clothes for storage, but ou...
View full detailsFinished in warm elm, the grain of the solid reclaimed wood really stands out. Ideal for storing everything from bedding and clothes to toys and ga...
View full detailsOur wooden blanket trunks are great for storing everything from bedding and clothes to toys and games. This black lacquer version is extremely popu...
View full detailsThe light finish on this particular blanket trunk is simply stunning. Used for storing everything from bedding and clothes to toys and games, our w...
View full detailsThis version of our blanket trunk is finished in a lovely deep red lacquer a colour favoured by the Chinese. The inside is finished in a dark wood ...
View full detailsOur subtle cream lacquer blanket trunk has a fresh modern look, with aspects of the classical Chinese style in the form of the circular brass locki...
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 detailsCarved Oriental Coffee Table, Warm Elm
This lovely warm colour, solid wood, coffee table is in a contemporary style but still with some classic oriental features, such as the 'horse hoof...
View full detailsCarved Chinese Coffee Table, Black Lacquer
This black lacquer oriental coffee table is made from solid elm wood and has an open lattice shelf at the bottom. Produced in a traditional Chinese...
View full detailsPopular during the Qing dynasty, narrow tables like this warm version with drawers and doors were normally used in a lady's sleeping quarters as a ...
View full detailsTables like our black lacquer ladies cabinet were made popular during the Qing dynasty, similar style consoles with drawers and doors were normally...
View full detailsChinese Circular Display Shelf, Warm Elm
Finished in our warm elm, this iconic Chinese display shelf comes in two parts that easily fit together with mortice and tenon joints, so they can ...
View full detailsChinese Circular Display Shelf, Black Lacquer
Our black lacquer display shelf is made in a typical Chinese design. Great for books or for ornaments, they also double as unusual and beautiful ro...
View full detailsMedicine chests with multiple drawers for holding herbs and other remedies, were used throughout China by apothecaries and pharmacists. The larger ...
View full details'Hundred Eye' Chest, Black Lacquer
This modern day black lacquer version has larger drawers for more practical use, each one being ideal to hold CDs and DVDs. Multi drawer medicine c...
View full details'Hundred Eye' Chest, Light Elm
Our light elm model really enhances the grain of the wood. With larger drawers than original chests for a more practical modern day use, each of th...
View full detailsThis particular model is finished in our warm elm colour. The Chinese refer to cabinets like this, with open shelves above a closed section, as dis...
View full detailsDuring the Ming and Qing dynasties it was more common for there to be a single open shelf, often with a carved frame around it, with a large cabine...
View full detailsWith the emphasis on the beautiful grain of the elm wood, our light elm book cabinet would be a stunning addition to any home. Referred to by the C...
View full detailsLow Apothecary's Cabinet, Warm Elm
This handsome low cabinet in our warm finish is a wonderfully versatile piece of furniture and although designed by us with the modern home in mind...
View full detailsLow Apothecary's Cabinet, Black Lacquer
With a strong oriental style our black lacquer low cabinet is a stunning and versatile piece of furniture designed to fit into a modern home. The c...
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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