Chinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm finish-matt while the top is set

while the top is set with a rattan panel to provide a hard wearing surface

Chinese altar tables

In ancient China they would normally be made in either red or black lacquer and

According to Chinese tradition cabinets like these would at one time have been presented as part of a bride's wedding dowry

The name 'Yoke-Back' chair comes from the curved top rail seen on this timeless Chinese design

Chinese Altar Cabinet, Warm Elm finish-matt while the top is setFinished in our warm elm, cabinets in this style were used from early in Chinese history to hold incense and other offerings to ancestors. The religious function is indicated by the raised, wing like carvings at each end of the extended cabinet top. In most Chinese homes the altar to ancestors would double as a more general purpose storage cabinet and our version has two central doors as well as two smaller doors either side. There is a removable