Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Dressing Table The drawers are all made

The drawers are all made with dovetail joints

The price shown is for one stool only

Simple and almost contemporary in looks

but is in a classic design with wonderful carvings at the top of each leg

The Chinese did not use coffee tables in the sense that we know them but in colder parts of the country they would use low level tables placed on top of the heated 'kang' living area to serve refreshments or as a work surface

Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Dressing Table The drawers are all madeBookshelves like our warm elm version were used by the Chinese scholarly classes, but unlike in the west, they preferred to stack books on the shelves rather than have them stood upright. Shelves therefore tended to be deeper than their western equivalent. This reproduction version is therefore a little narrower than the originals but is otherwise in keeping with the simple style of Ming furniture. Made from solid elm, the middle shelf has two shallow