Ming Bookshelf, Black Lacquer colour-red with a dragon inside a

with a dragon inside a 'ruyi' (a symbol of prosperity) above

Low level tables and other furniture were used throughout northern China

or use them at the head of our dining tables

are sized to sit perfectly next to a bed or a sofa

Our warm elm mid size cabinet features solid

Ming Bookshelf, Black Lacquer colour-red with a dragon inside aMade from solid elm, our black lacquer bookshelf is designed so the middle shelf houses two shallow drawers with brass handles for extra storage. Bookshelves were used by the ancient 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