Vintage Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Hat Chinese Leather Trunks have been

Chinese Leather Trunks have been used for many hundreds of years with the classic style changing very little

robust loop handles with sculptural detailing

where customers and passers-by would gather to eat

Materials: Cast brass (Dhokra technique)

Each box depicts a scene of either actors or flower scenes in a rectangular panel on the front

Vintage Mint Painted Sideboard From Shanxi Hat Chinese Leather Trunks have beenThis early 20th century sideboard is from the northern Shanxi province on the border of Mongolia. The cabinet shape is Mongolian in style, however the multi panel floral painting on the doors is more Chinese, Shanxi style. These cabinets were used by nomadic people for storage of clothes and bedding as grain stores. They were also used as altar cabinets for family ancestor worship. The front doors have been modified from the original closed front to