Shanxi Butterfly Screen, Black Lacquer w110 our light elm low Kang

our light elm low Kang chest has an open shelf for a DVD player or digital box (including a hole at the back for feeding wires through) and a drawer below

As one Chinese scholar wrote

smoothed and sealed to give a hard wearing surface

These old wooden stools are in a variety of shapes and sizes

Shanxi Butterfly Screen, Black Lacquer w110 our light elm low KangThe screen is decorated on both sides, with a thin border around each panel in gold leaf. Made from solid wood this screen is finished in our black lacquer and decorated by hand with gold leaf and paintings of dancing butterflies. For the Chinese the butterfly is a symbol of joy and marital happiness. It is often seen on the paintings used to decorate antique cabinets and chests dating back hundreds of years particularly on the painted furniture of