Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer Bedside with the right hand columns

with the right hand columns denoting decimals

making these ideal cabinets for use as bedsides or side tables

while the beautiful grain of the wood gives the chest real character

The doors are set directly into the cabinet frame with wooden pegs rather than on metal hinges

pronounce grain of the elm wood is again prominent in this beautiful sideboard

Chinese Wedding Cabinet, Black Lacquer Bedside with the right hand columnsOur reproduction wedding cabinet looks exceptionally striking in the black lacquer. According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one time have been presented as part of a bride's wedding dowry, the contents of the cabinet would have included such items as fabrics, clothes and silks. The term 'Wedding Cabinet' is a more recent westernised description. In ancient China they would normally be made in either red or black lacquer and, as in