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Vintage Japanese Tansu Chest with Sliding Glass Doors
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage Japanese Tansu with five drawers and a pair of each glass and wood sliding
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Late 19th Century Two Piece Tansu Chest
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Two piece antique four drawer tansu chest with metal lock plates and side stacking/locking clasps
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Metal
Large Antique Japanese Meiji Period Mazuya Tansu Cabinet
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large impressive antique Japanese Mizuya Tansu cabinet (kitchen chest) in 2 sections, made of
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Cypress
Kyoto Two Section Mizuya (Kitchen) Tansu, Meiji Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Two Section Kyoto Mizuya (Kichen) tansu, Meiji Period
Handmade with Japanese hinoki (cypress
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Large Double Tansu with 18 Drawers
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century tansu consisting of two stacked tansus. A fantastic shop chest that would make a very
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Antique Japanese Low Tansu with Sliding Doors
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century tansu with two sliding doors and three drawers. Doors can be locked. Original hand
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
19th Antique Japanese Choba Tansu Keyaki and Kiri Wood
Located in Brescia, IT
Choba Tansu Japanese cabinet, last Edo Period, in Kiri and Keyaki wood with four drawers and two
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
20th Century Japanese Clothing Tansu, Yonezawa Style, Yamagata Prefecture
Located in Point Richmond, CA
20th century antique Japanese clothing Tansu, Yonezawa style, Yamagata Prefecture
Lacquered Kiri
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture
Materials
Silver Plate, Iron
Korean Tansu Style Lacquered Dressing Chest, Circa 1950s
Located in Peabody, MA
Generously proportioned mid-century chest in black lacquer with brass strapwork, in the manner of a Korean bandaji (blanket chest).
Category
Vintage 1950s Korean Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass
Meiji Japanese Tansu Two-Tier Chest, Crane Turtle Hardware
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage Japanese Tansu consists two individual chests that can be used separately
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Japanese Tansu Storage Chest (19th Century - Edo Period) Wabi Sabi
Located in London, GB
Japanese Tansu Storage Chest (Edo Period - 19th Century). Tansu are traditional portable wooden
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Master Carpenter
s Tansu 51 Professional Nomi Carpenter
s Carving Tools
Located in South Burlington, VT
works from Japan. A very unusual treasure....
This is an original wooden carpentry tansu (chest
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Sendai Tansu Chest with Floral Iron Hardware, C. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed to be versatile and portable, Japanese tansu chests were multipurpose storage cabinets
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Fine Original Antique Five-Drawer Chest, 100% Original Tansu
Located in South Burlington, VT
From our recent Japanese Acquisitions travels.
This is an antique handcrafted wooden chest tansu
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Late 19th Century Antique Meiji Era Japanese Two Piece Tansu
Located in Peabody, MA
A late 19th century Japanese two-piece tansu chest in kiri wood with original hand forged iron
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Antique Rich Black Lacquered Clothing Chest Tansu 100% Original
Located in South Burlington, VT
tansu.
Japanese Antique Tansu Clothing Chest
two sections, four drawers, rich black lacquer finish
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Superb Antique Tansu Clothing Chest Richly Lacquered, 100% Original
Located in South Burlington, VT
tansu.
This is an attractive antique two section tansu storage chest/cabinet hand crafted with seven
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Vintage Japanese Tansu Chest, Dresser with Four Trays and Drawers
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage Japanese Tansu dresser with four shallow pullout trays and four full capacity
Category
20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Japanese Tansu Chest in Natural Finish, Set of Two
Located in Somis, CA
An elegant vintage Japanese Tansu consists two individual chests that can be used separately
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Brass, Iron
Japanese, Metal-Mounted, Stained Wood, Tansu with Center Lock
Located in Hudson, NY
Beautifully constructed with stunning hardware.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Cabinets(Tansu), Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
with the same tradition and advanced techniques as Japanese shrines.
In Japan, it was called a tansu
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
$1,200 / item
Antique Japanese Rosewood
Mohogany Mother of Pearl Inlaid Tansu, C1920
Located in Big Flats, NY
An antique Japanese tansu offers rosewood and mahogany construction with folate carved rails and
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Mahogany, Rosewood
Japanese Meiji Period Brown Lacquered Tansu Sideboard with Doors and Drawers
Located in Yonkers, NY
An early 20th century Tansu or sideboard with sliding doors made with brown lacquered elmwood, from
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Elm
Japanese Original Antique "Flying Birds" Five-Drawer Chest, 100% Original Tansu
Located in South Burlington, VT
birds" hardware
This is an antique handcrafted wooden chest tansu with fine lines and a multitude of
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese c1880’s Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 12"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Japanese Antique Wooden Drawer / Tansu Chest / 1868-1926 / Meiji Era
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a Japanese drawer made around the Meiji-Taisho era (1868-1926) in Japan.
Very simple and beautiful shape.
Drawers can be taken in and out smoothly.
There are no major defect...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Storage Box 1800s-1860s/Tansu Sideboard Wabisabi Art
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is an old Japanese storage box.
It was used as a book case.
It is an item from the Edo period. (1800s-1860s)
Paper is attached to the wooden frame to protect the book from hu...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Vintage Japanese Tansu 6-Drawer Chest with Iron Hardware, Meiji Period
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage, Meiji period, Japanese Tansu with four large full capacity drawers and two
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Meiji Era Kiri Wood Suzuribako Calligraphy Tansu Chest 10"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Mid-20th Century Korean Red Lacquered Tansu Butterfly Chest Campaign Cabinet
Located in Fort Washington, MD
Mid-20th century brass mounted red lacquered sideboard / tansu campaign chest with profuse engraved
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Campaign Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Korean Elm Brass Bound Bandaji Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
"20th Century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji tallboy wedding chests or cabinet made of elmwood featuring
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Korean Tansu-Style Cabinet Lingerie Dresser Burl Wood
Brass Chest
Located in Portsmouth, VA
Collected in the 1970s by an American military family stationed in Japan, this Korean Tansu-style
Category
Mid-20th Century Korean Furniture
Materials
Burl
1840s - 1870s Japanese antique large mizuya tansu cabinet, sideboard. wabi sabi
Located in 常陸大宮市, JP
mizuya tansu cabinet is, a product of late 19th century, circa 1840s - 1870s (late Edo period), guessing
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Japanese Antique Large Tansu 1860s-1910s / Wabi Sabi Mingei / Side board
Located in Kawagoe-Shi, JP
Tansu (chest of drawers) made during the Meiji period (1860-1910) in Japan. Traditional Japanese
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood, Cedar
Japanese Fine Antique Sewing Tansu, Jam Packed with Old Buttons, Thread, Fabrics
Located in South Burlington, VT
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This is an antique handcrafted wooden sewing Tansu with fine lines and a multitude of storage features
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Wood
Antique 19th Century Meiji Period Japanese Tansu Isho Dansu Two Section Chest
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique Japanese Meiji period Isho Dansu, Tansu chest, circa 1880.
This very stylish antique
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Edo Era Early 1800
s Gyoshobako Peddler
s Tansu Chest 28"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for Over 40 Years Specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Japanese Lovely Antique Small Wood Tansu Cabinet Kodansu all original Rare Size
Located in South Burlington, VT
tansu specialists from Yamagata, Northern Japan
Lifetime guarantee of authenticity: All of our Asian
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Wood
Meiji Japanese Tansu Chest, Eight-Drawer with Black Iron Hardware and Key
Located in Somis, CA
A beautiful vintage Japanese Tansu with eight full capacity drawers. The finish is an unique orange
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Antique Japanese Taisho Era c1920
s Mulberry Wood Haribako Sewing Tansu 11.5"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Copper
19th Century Korean Antique Tansu Chest / Semi-Closed Chest / Exhibition Stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Korean furniture from the Joseon era.
It is thought to be from the 19th century.
The metal fittings are made of iron, the front part is made of chestnut, and the others are made of...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Archaistic Furniture
Materials
Pine
20th Century Japanese Old Shelf Drawer / Tansu Chest / Wooden Exhibition Stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is made of paulownia wood and cedar wood.
The front is made of paulownia wood, the sides and back are made of cedar, and the top is made of cedar.
It is from the early to mid Show...
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Furniture
Materials
Other
Meiji Era
1898
Small Tansu Chest Shelf / Wabi-Sabi Japanese Antiques
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
A small storage shelf made in the Meiji era in Japan
It was used in an old house in Ibaraki prefecture, Japan.
I don't know what it was used for.
Convenient for storing small sh...
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Cedar
19th Century Korean Antique Tansu Chest / Semi-Closed Chest / Side Table
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Korean furniture from the Joseon era.
It is thought to be from the 19th century.
The metal fittings are made of iron and the wood is pine.
Half of the top plate was a lid, and r...
Category
Antique 19th Century South Korean Archaistic Furniture
Materials
Pine
Japanese Antique Drawer / Tansu Chest / Coffee Table/Wooden Box/Exhibition Stand
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
It is a wooden drawer from the late Edo period to the Meiji period (1750-1868) in Japan.
The wood is made of paulownia.
It is painted with red lacquer.
Soot adheres from above and...
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Other
19th Century Korean Antique Tansu Chest / Semi-Closed Chest / TV board
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Korean furniture from the Joseon era.
It is thought to be from the 19th century.
The metal fittings are made of iron and the wood is pine.
The door has a unique structure that ope...
Category
Antique 19th Century Korean Archaistic Furniture
Materials
Pine
Japanese Antique Cabinets, Tansu Storage, Wabi Sabi, Japandi
Located in Katori-Shi, 12
This is a Japanese antique cabinet produced in the Taisho period (1912-1926).
At that time, it was used as a tea chest placed in a tea room.
This furniture was produced using tra...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Antique Korean Elm Brass Bound Banaji Nong Tansu Scholars Chest Wedding Cabinet
Located in Dayton, OH
Early 19th Century Korean Tansu Nong Bandaji wedding chests or cabinet made of elmwood featuring
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Chinoiserie Furniture
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880
s Yonezawa Clothing Tansu Chest Keyaki Wood 42"
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Antique Japanese Meiji Era c1880 Clothing Kimono Tansu Chest Keyaki Wood 36"H
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
19th Century Japanese Kannon Biraki Tansu in Black Laquer
Located in Wainscott, NY
19th Century Japanese Kannon Biraki Tansu in Black Laquer, late Edo early Meiji. Named Kannon after
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji Period Keyaki Wood Elm Tansu Chest in the Sendai Dansu Style
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Japanese Meiji period tansu clothing chest in the Sendai Isho-dansu style, made of Keyaki wood
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Edo Era (c 1860) Bodansu Personal Tansu Red Lacquer 24"W
Located in Portland, OR
Available from Shogun's Gallery in Portland, Oregon for over 40 years specializing in Asian Arts
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wrought Iron
Korean 19th Century Two Part Elm Tansu Wedding Cabinet with Butterfly Mounts
Located in Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Both the upper and the lower part have multiple decorative white brass mounts. Each features two doors mounted with butterfly hinges and butterfly center-mount. The doors open up to ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Campaign Furniture
Materials
Brass
Keyaki Wood Small Tansu or Chest
Located in Hudson, NY
Keyaki wood small tansu (chest).
Original paulownia design hardware.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Chinese Elm Mother of Pearl Cabinet Chest on Stand Chinoiserie Ming Tansu Style
Located in Dayton, OH
An exquisite Chinese chest or cabinet on stand. A rectangular form made from elm with vibrant mother of pearl inlay set within black cabinet and drawer fronts. Neatly accented with s...
Category
20th Century Ming Furniture
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Elm
Japanese Antique Katana Tansu / Paper Pasted Drawer / Meiji Period Wabi-sabi
Located in Iwate-gun Shizukuishi-cho, Iwate Prefecture
This is an old box for storing Japanese swords called "Katana Tansu".
It seems to be around the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paper
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Asian Tansu For Sale on 1stDibs
With a vast inventory of beautiful furniture at 1stDibs, we’ve got just the Asian tansu you’re looking for. Each Asian tansu for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, metal and iron. There are many kinds of the Asian tansu you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 19th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An Asian tansu made by Arts and Crafts designers — as well as those associated with Mid-Century Modern — is very popular. Baker Furniture Company, Henredon and Japanese School each produced at least one beautiful Asian tansu that is worth considering.
How Much is an Asian Tansu?
The average selling price for an Asian tansu at 1stDibs is $2,372, while they’re typically $295 on the low end and $15,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Asian Art And Furniture for You
From Japanese handmade earthenware pottery, originating circa 14,500 B.C. and adorned with elaborate corded patterns known as jōmon, to natural elm case pieces and storage cabinets built in Qing dynasty–era China to mid-century Thai rice-paper charcoal rubbings, antique and vintage Asian art and furniture make for wonderful additions to all kinds of contemporary interiors.
Eastern elements elevate any home’s decor. Introduce zen sensibility to your living room, dining room and bedroom with the neutral color palettes and the natural materials such as rattan, bamboo and elm that we typically associate with traditional Asian furniture. Decorative handwoven embroideries and textiles originating from India and elsewhere on the continent, which can be draped over a bed or sofa or used as a wall hanging, can be as practical as they are functional, just as you wouldn’t seek out Japanese room-divider screens — often decorated with paintings but constructed to be lightweight and mobile — merely for privacy.
With everything from blanket chests to lighting fixtures to sculptures and carvings, it’s easy to tastefully bring serenity to your living space by looking to the treasures for which the East has long been known.
For British-born furniture designer Andrianna Shamaris, the Japanese concept of beauty in imperfection isn’t limited to her Wabi Sabi collection. She embraces it in her New York City apartment as well. In the living area, for instance, she retained the fireplace’s original black marble while swathing its frame and the rest of the room in bright white.
“We left the fireplace very clean and wabi-sabi, so that it blended into the wall,” says Shamaris, who further appointed the space with a hand-carved antique daybed whose plush pillows are upholstered in antique textiles from the Indonesian island of Sumba.
In the growing antique and vintage Asian art and furniture collection on 1stDibs, find ceramics from China, antiquities from Cambodia and a vast range of tables, seating, dining chairs and other items from Japan, India and other countries.
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