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Kiri Wood Tansu
Located in New York, NY
Kiri Wood Tansu with Original Brass Fittings
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$4,000
Elmwood Two-Tier Tansu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Elmwood tansu with brass fittings.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Brass
$5,000
Meji Period Clothing Tansu
Located in Wainscott, NY
Clothing Tansu is made in two Stacking Parts. The Decorative iron Hardware is original.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Antique Japanese Todana Tansu
Located in Brussels , BE
Antique Japanese todana tansu. 2 sliding doors with wide horizontal slats. Iron hardware.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Minimalist Blanket Chests
Materials
Iron
Three Level Kiriwood Tansu
Located in New York, NY
Multi-level Japanese Tansu with drawers, cabinets and sliding shelves. Excellent for clothes
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Cabinets
Kiriwood Three-Level Tansu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Kiriwood multi-level tansu with drawers, sliding door cabinets, and original iron handles and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Iron
Vintage Japanese Tansu Chest
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Japanese tansu chest. tabletop wooden chest decorated with inlay and marquetry. Fittings
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Other More Asian Art, Objects and Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Japanese Wheeled Tansu Chest
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese kuruma dansu (wheel chest) of keyaki (Elm wood) with two sets of sliding panels. The panels open to reveal large interior compartments. With original iron hardware. A good ...
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Iron
Ogi Tansu from Japan
By Ogi Craftsmen
Located in New York, NY
An large 2 piece stacking clothing chest from the town of Ogi,on Sado Island in original patina. Niiagata Prefecture.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Furniture
Antique Korean Tansu Chest
Located in Sarasota, FL
The Tansu Korean CHEST is hand made of elm with heavy brass trim and handles to the sides, having
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Other Blanket Chests
Materials
Elm
Three Level Kiriwood Tansu
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Multi-level Japanese tansu with drawers, cabinets and sliding shelves. Excellent for clothes
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Wardrobes and Armoires
19Th. Century Japanese Staircase Tansu
Located in Gravenmoer, NL
19th century Japanese staircase tansu.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Elmwood Two-Tier Tansu
Located in New York, NY
Elmwood Tansu with Brass fittings.
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
$5,000
Kiriwood Three Level Tansu
Located in New York, NY
Kiriwood multi-level tansu with drawers, sliding door cabinets, and original iron handles and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Apothocary Tansu Chest
Located in Seattle, WA
Japanese apothecary chest (kusuri dansu) with unusually large square drawers. The chest consisting of a series of square drawers for the storage of medicinal ingredients.
La...
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Category
Japanese Apothecary Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Meiji Period Japanese Staircase Tansu
Located in New York, NY
A large late 19th-early 20th century Japanese staircase Tansu, with sliding doors, and eight steps.
Category
20th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Sendai Tansu
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
19th century Sendai tansu with hand-forged hardware and original keys,
circa 1880.
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Cabinets
Japanese Keyaki Tansu Merchant
s Chest
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Merchant’s Chest (choba-dansu), Toyama, the front entirely constructed of keyaki (Zelkova serrata), original fuki-urushi lacquer finish, completed with hinoki (Chamaecyparis...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Shop Chest Choba Tansu
Located in Seattle, WA
A Japanese shop chest, choba dansu, crafted entirely of sugi (cryptomeria) wood. The tansu with a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Wood
Japanese Shop Chest Tansu
Located in Seattle, WA
An unusual and early Japanese kuruma dansu, wheeled chest from the Fukui-Mikuni region. The sugi (cryptomeria) wood chest with two sliding doors with horizontal square slats, above t...
Category
Antique 18th Century and Earlier Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
$11,400
19th Century Japanese Large Kitchen Tansu
Located in New York, NY
A beautiful 19th century wooden Mizuya Tansu chest, in two parts (upper and lower).
With large
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Kimono Tansu
By Japanese Studio
Located in Washington, DC
Striking two section, kiri wood tansu with hand forged iron and bronze decorative hardware. chest
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze, Iron
Vintage Japanese Kiriwood Isho Tansu Chest
Located in Brattleboro, VT
Versatile and elegant Japanese Kiriwood Isho Tansu chest.
The ingenuity of Japanese joinery
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Antique Japanese Personal Merchant
s Tansu Chest
Located in Harbor Springs, MI
The Merchant’s Chest, also called a Tansu, has origins dating back to Japan’s Meiji period and is
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Iron
19th Century Japanese Kiri Wood Tansu Chest
Located in Bodicote, Oxfordshire
A very nice and charming Japanese Tansu two part chest constructed in Kiri wood with metal mounts
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
A Pair of Tansu Japanese Cabinets
Located in Cathedral City, CA
A pair of Tansu Japanese cabinets with drawers. Ideal for side tables or night stands.
Category
Vintage 1940s Japanese Japonisme Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Bronze
$3,800 / set
Small Tansu Japanese Cabinet, Japan late Edo period
Located in Saverne, Grand Est
Charming little tansu with two sliding panels and multiple drawers in very good original condition
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Wood
Vintage Japanese Figured Keyaki Wood Tansu Cabinet
Located in Antwerp, BE
Elegantly minimal 1920s Taisho period Japanese tansu cabinet. Made in two parts with sliding doors
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Cabinets
Materials
Elm, Pine
Antique Japanese Iron Mounted Tansu Suzuribako Wood Box
Located in Seguin, TX
Antique late 19th century Japanese iron mounted tansu or suzuribako calligraphy writing box. Push
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Iron
Antique Japanese Carpenter
s Tansu Chest of Drawers
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Carpenter’s tool chest, constructed of Cedar (sugi, Cryptomeria japonica) with a persimmon stain, with the drawer interiors constructed of Paulownia (kiri, Paulownia tomento...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Copper
Japanese Kuruma Tansu Large Wheeled Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
Japanese Kuruma-dansu, a wheeled storage chest traditionally kept in the Kura (storeroom) containing valuables, thus the wheels are for quick evacuation. This version is constructed ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Cypress
Pair of Japanese Ezo Matsu
Pine
Tansu Chests
Located in Houston, TX
Matching pair of Japanese pine Tansu chests feature Brass hardware.
Front features a pair of doors
Category
20th Century Japanese Anglo-Japanese Furniture
Materials
Pine
Japanese Tansu Cedar Elm Chest Sendai Style 19th Century
Located in Monterey, CA
This Japanese Tansu is one-section and is made of Cedar (Sugi) and Elm (Keyaki). It is in the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Furniture
Japanese Yonezawa Tansu 2-Section Clothing Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
Japanese 2-section chest-on-chest for clothing storage (isho kasane-dansu) from Yonezawa, constructed of hinoki (Chaemaecyparis obtusa) and keyaki (Zelkova serrata) drawer fronts, tr...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Japanese Yonezawa Tansu 2-Section Clothing Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
Large Japanese 2-section chest-on-chest for clothing storage (isho kasane-dansu) from Yonezawa, constructed of hinoki (Chaemaecyparis obtusa) and keyaki (Zelkova serrata) drawer fron...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Kusuri Tansu,
Japanese Medicine Chest
, Showa period,
1926-1989
Located in Stockbridge, MA
Kusuri Tansu, (Japanese Medicine Chest). Showa period, (1926-1989). This Japanese medicine chest
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Arts and Crafts Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Japanese Lacquered Smoking Box /Tansu for Opium
Located in Antwerp, BE
19th century Japanese lacquered tansu used for opium smoking. Having 8 drawers used to store
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Decorative Boxes
Materials
Wood
Persimmon Wood Tansu Cabinet w/ Brass Fittings
Located in New York, NY
Persimmon wood chest with multiple drawers and 2 cabinets. With brass fittings.
Category
Early 20th Century Korean Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
Cedar Keyaki Chest Japanese Meiji Tansu Dresser Storage Drawers
Located in Monterey, CA
This lacquered cedar and kayak clothing chest (Sendai Isho Dansu) is from the Sendai, Miyagi prefecture in Japan. It dates from the Meiji period circa 1870-1890.
It stands 34.75 H x...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Cedar
A JAPANESE MAPLE AND EBONY TANSU AS A BEDSIDE TABLE
By Derapage Design
Located in San Francisco, CA
The maple top and maple frame composed in mortise and tenon construction houses a top drawer with Janapanese iron hardware and two lower drawers for small items and finally two slidi...
Category
Early 20th Century American End Tables
Tansu Japanese Sado Island Cedar Console Sideboard Bedside Table Cabinet, Meiji
Located in Monterey, CA
This piece is a cedar chest of drawers or Tansu in Japanese. It is two separate pieces.
The most
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Iron
Large Japanese Rosewood Taisho 3-Section Tansu Clothing Storage Chest
Located in New York, NY
Large Japanese 3-section clothing chest, crafted of chestnut and cedar with the entire facade of a thick rosewood veneer. The storage composition has multiple drawers of varying size...
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Furniture
Materials
Chestnut, Elm, Rosewood
Japanese Tansu Light Wood Kiri Black Hardware Chest Side Table Bedside Table
Located in Monterey, CA
Japanese Tansu chest constructed entirely of kiri with large iron handles and massive iron lock
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Meiji Period Cedar and Metal Bound Tansu- Japanese Chest
Located in London, GB
This 19th century Meiji period chest is in characteristic lightweight cedar wood with iron bindings and is in two original sections with four long drawers, a short drawer and a cupbo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Cedar
Japanese Antique Rare Large Tansu 1860s-1900s / Cabinet Sideboard Wabisabi
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
Very rare and old Japanese large Tansu.
Furniture made in the Meiji era (1860s-1900s).
The material
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Cedar
Pair of Japanese Tansu Style Cabinets by Century Furniture
By Century Furniture
Located in Peabody, MA
A rarely seen pair of Japanese tansu styled cabinets by Century Furniture with solid brass hardware
Category
Vintage 1980s American Meiji Cabinets
Materials
Brass
Baker Furniture Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Korean Tansu Walnut Nightstand
By Baker Furniture Company
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous mid-century modern Hollywood Regency Chinoiserie Korean Tansu style nightstand, commode
Category
Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Night Stands
Materials
Brass
Tansu Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Tansu cabinet from Japan. Meiji period (Late 19th / Early 20th century), light wood, ornate iron
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
$6,500
Japanese Tansu
Located in Hudson, NY
This tansu, an important and standard piece of furniture in Japanese culture can be found in homes
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Wardrobes and Armoires
Materials
Metal
$1,900
Japanese Tansu
Located in San Marino, CA
Japanese Tansu
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Folk Art Commodes and Chests of Drawers
$1,900
Ueoki Tansu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful two piece dark laquered tansu chest with upper sliding doors, eight drawers and
Category
20th Century Japanese Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Iron
Japanese Parquetry Tansu
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exceptional Japanese parquetry inlaid tansu chest with original brass hinges and hardware. Tansu
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Boxes
$3,750
Small Tansu Cabinet
Located in Fulton, CA
Exotic wood Tansu cabinet with brass hardware. Beautiful wood-grain and brass mounts. Original Lock
Category
20th Century Korean Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Tansu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Early 19th century Japanese tansu with traces of paint. Top part behind doors can be used with
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Furniture
$4,830
Japanese Display Tansu
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Display tansu used in kitchens and dining area, with original sliding glass doors. Assembled
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Wood, Glass
Japanese Step Tansu
Located in Chicago, IL
Traditional Japanese step tansu in two sections with 4 drawers and two sets of sliding doors and
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Cabinets
Materials
Cypress
$6,500
Japanese Tansu Cabinet
Located in New York, NY
A Japanese Tansu cabinet or chest in dark finish, with metal trim and pulls and hinges. Hidden
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Cabinets
$6,250
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Tansu Furniture For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic piece of tansu furniture available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and iron, every item from our selection of tansu furniture was constructed with great care. Find 368 options for an antique or vintage choice in our collection of tansu furniture now, or shop our selection of 1 modern versions for a more contemporary example of this long-cherished piece. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect object in our assortment of tansu furniture — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century are available. An option in this array of tansu furniture made by Mid-Century Modern designers — as well as those associated with Modern — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one piece of tansu furniture that is appealing in its simplicity, but Baker Furniture Company, Henredon and American of Martinsville produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Tansu Furniture?
The average selling price for a piece of tansu furniture at 1stDibs is $3,500, while they’re typically $295 on the low end and $22,000 for the highest priced.
Finding the Right Case Pieces And Storage Cabinets for You
Of all the vintage storage cabinets and antique case pieces that have become popular in modern interiors over the years, dressers, credenzas and cabinets have long been home staples, perfect for routine storage or protection of personal items.
In the mid-19th century, cabinetmakers would mimic styles originating in the Louis XIV, Louis XV and Louis XVI eras for their dressers, bookshelves and other structures, and, later, simpler, streamlined wood designs allowed these “case pieces” or “case goods” — any furnishing that is unupholstered and has some semblance of a storage component — to blend into the background of any interior.
Mid-century modern furniture enthusiasts will cite the tall modular wall units crafted in teak and other sought-after woods of the era by the likes of George Nelson, Poul Cadovius and Finn Juhl. For these highly customizable furnishings, designers of the day delivered an alternative to big, heavy bookcases by considering the use of space — and, in particular, walls — in new and innovative ways. Mid-century modern credenzas, which, long and low, evolved from tables that were built as early as the 14th century in Italy, typically have no legs or very short legs and have grown in popularity as an alluring storage option over time.
Although the name immediately invokes images of clothing, dressers were initially created in Europe for a much different purpose. This furnishing was initially a flat-surfaced, low-profile side table equipped with a few drawers — a common fixture used to dress and prepare meats in English kitchens throughout the Tudor period. The drawers served as perfect utensil storage. It wasn’t until the design made its way to North America that it became enlarged and equipped with enough space to hold clothing and cosmetics. The very history of case pieces is a testament to their versatility and well-earned place in any room.
In the spirit of positioning your case goods center stage, decluttering can now be design-minded.
A contemporary case piece with open shelving and painted wood details can prove functional as a storage unit as easily as it can a room divider. Alternatively, apothecary cabinets are charming case goods similar in size to early dressers or commodes but with uniquely sized shelving and (often numerous) drawers.
Whether you’re seeking a playful sideboard that features colored glass and metal details, an antique Italian hand-carved storage cabinet or a glass-door vitrine to store and show off your collectibles, there are options for you on 1stDibs.
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