Grey Lacquer Tall Tapered Cabinet colour-warm-elm adds character and showcases a

adds character and showcases a charming patina that has developed over years of use

as well as waterway scenes

These small

and are a great example of the classic 'yoke-back' or 'official's hat' design that developed very early on in China's history and which is still seen today

Many were produced to be part of a bride's dowry and so they have become commonly known as wedding cabinets

Grey Lacquer Tall Tapered Cabinet colour-warm-elm adds character and showcases aShandong, circa 1920 This tall, elegant cabinet would once have been used for storing clothes, fabrics and other possessions in a Chinese home. It has been restored and given a new lease of life with a shiny grey green distressed lacquer that has been applied so as to still reveal the beautiful grain of the wood. The tapered profile, narrowing from the floor to the top and with doors that fit directly into the upper and lower frames on wooden dowels,