Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Dressing Table the chest has a more

the chest has a more traditional removable half board in the top

it is finished in a rich

These delicate little Chinese lanterns in a ball shape are made with a metal wire frame and a red canvas shade

Tables like this were used to hold offerings to ancestors but also for more general decorative items

Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Dressing Table the chest has a moreBookshelves 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