Three Drawer Grey Lacquer Console material-metal Chests like this were used

Chests like this were used particularly in northern China to hold clothes and were often made in stackable sets

Bookshelves were used by the ancient Chinese scholarly classes

or books and magazines

a wonderfully talented London artist specialising in Chinoiserie style watercolours on silk

What was originally a removable panel towards the centre back of the top surface has been sealed

Three Drawer Grey Lacquer Console material-metal Chests like this were usedShandong, circa 1920 This lovely old table has been restored and given a new lease of life with a distressed grey green lacquer. The simple style incorporates an extended top surface over three drawers, each newly fitted with a simple brass handle. The table has a simple carved apron and spandrels but is otherwise quite plain in style. With useful storage space inside the drawers it would be ideal today as a hallway table or perhaps in a bedroom as a