Classical Chinese furniture has a timeless appeal that never goes out of style. Our signature range of traditional Chinese furniture is handcrafted from reclaimed elm or poplar wood, and includes reproductions from China's golden age as well as more contemporary designs inspired by the same period. The range includes oriental cabinets, beautifully crafted chairs, Chinese blanket chests and much more.
Chinese Television Cabinet, Warm Elm
Our warm elm version of this ingenious cabinet uses the design elements of classic Chinese furniture to solve a very modern problem. Ideal to hide ...
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Carved Oriental Coffee Table, Warm Elm
This lovely warm colour, solid wood, coffee table is in a contemporary style but still with some classic oriental features, such as the 'horse hoof...
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This beautifully proportioned narrow console table in warm elm will add oriental chic to any room. The elegant 'horse hoof' feet and S-shape suppor...
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The largest of our oriental trunks and chests, this elegant warm elm blanket box looks beautiful at the end of a bed and is strong enough to provid...
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Double-Sided Cabinet, Warm Elm
This warm elm cabinet shows the clean lines and pure design that was typical of Chinese furniture produced during the Ming dynasty. The style is si...
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Kang Style Coffee Table, Warm Elm
Low level tables and other furniture were used throughout northern China, where they would be placed on the 'kang' - a heated platform of brick or ...
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Chinese altar tables, like our warm elm version seen here, were actually used not just for holding offerings to ancestors, but also as more general...
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Tables like this warm elm version, simple in style with two or three drawers, were commonly used by Chinese scholars of the Qing dynasty. The 'hors...
View full detailsClassical Chinese furniture refers to a style and an aesthetic taste, of restraint, balance and grandeur, rather than to a particular period. Plain hardwoods, like the reclaimed woods we use for these reproductions, were always accorded high esteem by Chinese craftsmen from the Qing dynasties onwards. Trade had recently opened, and tropical hardwoods from South-East Asia were beginning to be imported. It was these strong hardwoods which allowed the craftsmen to create austere, slender legged chairs and tables which showed off the beauty of the precious wood, alongside the lacquered furniture which was equally prized. Here at Shimu, we’re very happy to be continuing the tradition of Chinese classical furniture, and to be bringing you these beautiful pieces of furniture to show off in your home.
