Chinese Shanxi Painted Black Box colour-mid-elm Daybeds like our black lacquer

Daybeds like our black lacquer model were used in Chinese homes as seating during the day

Each one is created using traditional mortise and tenon joints

specifically on smaller pieces known as rose chairs

like the cream lacquer model above

It has a pull out shelf for a computer keyboard

Chinese Shanxi Painted Black Box colour-mid-elm Daybeds like our black lacquerShanxi, 1900 These lovely little decorative boxes are from Shanxi in central China, still with their original black lacquer finish and paintings. Each one is individual in terms of the size and decoration, but the paintings on the lids and fronts are of peony flowers a symbol of high rank and status in China. The price shown is for one box only.