Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase texture and warmth to a

texture and warmth to a hallway

reclaimed timber construction

100 x 41 x 88 (wxdxh cms)

the fine cashmere fibres offer an incredibly soft feel against the skin and a graceful drape

42 x 20 x 73 (wxdxh cms)

Chinese Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19th Century Style - Meiping Vase texture and warmth to aRed lacquer cabinets like these are nearly exclusively from Shanxi province in Northern China. They were made for scholars and wealthy homeowners. They would have stored bedding, clothes scholarly objects and valuables. The story is that these are called wedding cabinets as they were presented to a bride and groom at their wedding. This may be an apocryphal story. According to historic records, lacquer furniture was historically fifteen times more