Red & Black Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century Period - Edo The construction is a mix

The construction is a mix of cedar or pine

No longer purely functional

combining utility with carefully balanced proportions

Old Painted Teak & Iron Ships pulley with red paint- sourced from the ship breaking yards in Gujarat - Circa 1910Sold complete with contemporary iron stand

this 19th-century three-way lamp niche would originally have been set beside a doorway

Red & Black Lacquer Book Cabinet From Shanxi Province - 19th Century Period - Edo The construction is a mixThis elegant antique red and black lacquered Chinese 'square cornered cabinet' is colloquially known as book cabinet. This style of cabinet would have been used by scholars for storing clothes and objects used in the pursuit of wisdom. Originally have had gilt painting on the doors. Remnants of the painting are visible; a vase and flowers scholarly designs to inspire wisdom. Two doors open outwards to reveal a large interior space separated by a