Ming Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm ceramics-and-stoneware reds and blues

reds and blues

These delicate little Chinese lanterns in a ball shape are made with a metal wire frame and a red canvas shade

circular brass plates on the doors

making it more hard wearing for everyday use

is in the classic 'square cornered' design of most Chinese cabinets

Ming Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm ceramics-and-stoneware reds and bluesOur warm elm chest of drawers features the usual frame and panel construction with a simple apron below the lower frame and round brass handles that mirror the hardware on our classical Chinese cabinets and chests. The Chinese did not use chests of drawers until recent times as they instead stored clothes in cabinets or trunks. This chest is therefore not strictly a reproduction but instead our own modern interpretation, still with a strong oriental