FURNITURE

THE PAINTING OF WOODEN FURNITURE HAS BEEN POPULAR IN MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD AS A MEANS OF DECORATION AND PROTECTION. THE FURNITURE THAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO FIND IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES AND IN OUR HONITON ,DEVON, SHOWROOMS COME FROM NORTHERN EUROPE AND SCANDANAVIA, FROM COASTAL CHINA AND THE MORE REMOTE PARTS OF OUTER MONGOLIA , GANSU ,AND TIBET.

Selected English and Continental furniture

A selection of free standing furniture suitable for a kitchen

A selcetion of long thin tables .
Console and Altar tables , suitable for halls and serving tables .
Narrow tables from China have come to be called Altar tables over the years by dealers . Their use in China was in fact far more varied that for the sole use as an alter table on which to display your ancestor figures and ceremonial implements . But Altar table has stuck , so that's what we'll use .

A selection of painted and lacquered chest of drawers ,some more useful that others , but all with charm and style .

Beds for sleep and Daybeds for relaxed social living

The daybed was a common form of furniture in Asia up until the early 20thC . The heat of the day required that affairs were conducted in a relaxed manner on a daybed or Louhan .
Sometimes called Opium beds by the trade. Long thin daybeds in Elm make great coffee tables , and were very often made in pairs to be put together in the evening to create a more standard sized bed .

A selection on bedside cabinets old and new .

A good early to mid 19thC Fiddle fronted Irish dresser with sledge feet

A selection of Dining table in a number of styles including Swedish and Rustic country .
Many of our plank top dining tables are made from old Elm doors.
these all sit well with our ranges of painted and stained country chairs

Small Occasional tables and lamp tables

A selection of Coffee tables , some in old Elm that have had the legs lifted to size , other that have been cut down from taller items .
Some coffee tables in paint , other coffee tables in bleeched wood.

Chinese antique furniture comes in many guises. Our main area of interest is in the antique Chinese furniture of the Shanxi region of Northern China, much of which dates from the early Qing period and may best be described as transitional furniture; that which was made in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. This early Chinese furniture was very often made in Elm or Walnut and usually lacquered in one way shape or form.