Scholar's Desk, Black Lacquer Stool decorated with celestial dragons

decorated with celestial dragons

They are based on a style known as 'official's hat' or 'yoke-back'

The finish is original

Ideal used as a modern day console table with a beautiful lattice shelf at the bottom

Scholar's Desk, Black Lacquer Stool decorated with celestial dragonsMade from solid wood, our black lacquer desk works beautifully as a dressing table, as an elegant hall table or as a narrow desk with useful storage in the drawers. Tables like this, simple in style with two or three drawers, were commonly used by Chinese scholars of the Qing dynasty. The 'horse hoof' shaped feet and curved aprons that stretch between each leg give it a distinctive oriental feel but otherwise the style is quite plain, with simple ring