Chinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm w195 finished in a sleek black

finished in a sleek black lacquer

Hand decorated our red lacquer oriental cabinets

large console table looks contemporary but is influenced by many of the simpler Chinese altar tables that were used as the stage for offerings to ancestors

the painted designs on each cabinet can differ very slightly from the examples shown

bevelled frames in poplar wood

Chinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm w195 finished in a sleek blackFinished in our warm elm, cabinets in this style were used from early in Chinese history to hold incense and other offerings to ancestors. The religious function is indicated by the raised, wing like carvings at each end of the extended cabinet top. In most Chinese homes the altar to ancestors would double as a more general purpose storage cabinet and our version has two central doors as well as two smaller doors either side. There is a removable