Chinese Export Furniture
CHINESE EXPORT STYLE
Expanded trade between Europe and East Asia, starting in the 16th century, led to a booming market for exported goods, particularly furniture. This was bolstered by the establishment of the Dutch and English East India Companies at the beginning of the 17th century. From folding screens and chairs to lacquer tables and silver, Chinese Export furniture was in demand and regularly copied and imitated, leading to styles like chinoiserie and Chinese Chippendale.
The expansion of exporting that had strengthened the arts during the Ming dynasty continued into the Qing dynasty era — Chinese designers made many furniture pieces specifically for export, resulting in distinctive designs that mixed traditional techniques with forms appealing to foreign buyers. For instance, cabinetmakers in Canton (modern-day Guangzhou) were prolific in crafting hardwood furniture for export in European styles that involved the expert joinery techniques of Chinese furniture. Designs for Chinese Export porcelain, cabinets, decorative objects and other furniture were often more ornately adorned than they would be for a local audience, such as with mother-of-pearl overlays or surfaces featuring lavish pictorial scenes or gold on black motifs. Some were even commissioned by wealthy European families to be adorned with their coat of arms.
Because lacquer furniture was especially prized, and the resin used to create it was difficult to import as it would harden during the long voyage, artisans in China and Japan exported numerous lacquer pieces. Long before lacquer made its way to Japan, the Chinese treated the material differently. They used it to create smooth, glossy surfaces, but also for carving, an art that began in the 12th century and is exclusively Chinese. These pieces are called cinnabar lacquer after the powdered mercury sulfide (cinnabar) employed to produce their characteristic red hue. A popular form for export was a compact cabinet with drawers, usually displayed on a small table. Undecorated furniture built in Europe was also shipped to China to be lacquered. The international exchange of design would influence furniture into the 19th century and later, informing styles such as Art Deco and Art Nouveau.
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Style: Chinese Export
Pair of Chinese Wooden White Painted Contortionist Console Tables
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese console tables comprised of whitewashed wooden bases carved to resemble acrobatic figures supporting gray, rectangular t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese Double Crane Headrest
Located in Chicago, IL
This simple, square ceramic block is actually a form of Chinese headrest or neck pillow. Popular during the Qing dynasty, rigid headrests such as this were used by upper-class women ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
19th Century Antique Chinese Framed Groups of Textile Embroidery Pieces
Located in Pomona, CA
A group of three antique Chinese textiles embroidery arranged and professionally matted and framed. The museum quality display includes two Identical pieces symmetrically on the top ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Textile, Silk
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Lamp
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautifully painted 19th Century Chinese vessel converted to lamp. Wooden base. Custom parchment shade is 10" high x 16" wide.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Enamel
Antique Shanxi Province Pierced Apron Elm Side Table - Pair
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Shanxi province pierced apron elm side table - pair.
A rare pair of elm side tables from the Shanxi Province of China. These side tables have a ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood, Elm
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Card Case, circa 1900, embossed and chased with a dragon amidst clouds on one side, and with a vacant shield-shaped cartouche. The reverse side features chrysan...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Sancai Glazed Terra Cotta Camel Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Bactrian camel, the main form of transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, we...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain
Carved Rosewood Frame Room Divider
Located in Chicago, IL
Antique Chinese Hand Painted Porcelain with Ornate Carved Rosewood Dragon Motif Frame Room Screen/Room Divider
This beautiful ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Rosewood, Paint
Pair of Chinese Pale Green and Pink Blossom Lidded Jars
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Chinese pale green lidded jars decorated with lily pads and pink lotus blossoms on one side of their round forms and extending up to the lids,...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Tang Dynasty-Style Bactrian Camel Terra Cotta Tomb Figure
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese Tang Dynasty-style terra cotta tomb figure of a Bactrian camel, the main form of transport over the Silk Road, with its head tilted back and mouth open to the sky, we...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Terracotta
Chinese Male Mingqi Spirit Attendant
Located in Chicago, IL
Molded of earthenware, this petite sculpture is a type of centuries-old burial figurine known as míngqì. Such model figures were placed in tombs of individuals with high status to ensure a safe journey to the afterlife. Meant to depict the pleasures of daily life, common burial figures...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Blue and White Jar with Mythical Fu Lions
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain storage jar is brightly glazed in the classic blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the sides of the jar are deco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Export Silver Pair of Scenic Beakers
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese export silver pair of repousse scenic beakers. Each beaker marked "HC" for well listed maker and retailer Hung Chong, and weighs 66g or 2.1 troy ounces.
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Antique Chinese Rug, Tan and Blue Oriental Handmade Wool Rug
Located in Port Washington, NY
China has a long tradition of carpets and the original ones, probably used as merchandise, are dated at over 2000 years ago. The art of knotting carpets was however, introduced somewhere around the 15th century in China.
The patterns on some of the older Chinese carpets...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Vintage Chinese Elm Display Cabinets / Bookcases
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage Chinese Elm display cabinets / bookcases
These elm sliding glass cabinets that have a brown lacquer finish has 6 drawers and 3 shelves. Can be used as display cabinets or g...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Glass, Wood, Elm, Lacquer
$6,750 / set
Antique Chinese Export Silver Firewater Dragon Cocktail Shaker
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver cocktail shaker, ca 1910. Tapering and girdled bowl with curved shoulder, high-looping handle, and stubby spout with chained cap. Cork-lined cover with scroll-b...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
19th Century Chinese Porcelain Dish
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese porcelain dish with beautiful hand painted. Diameter 12.4 inch, with a mark.
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Mid-Century Chinese Export Style Green Embossed Gourd Table Lamps - Pair
Located in Kennesaw, GA
I love the color! This is a pair of mid-century Chinese Export style gourd lamps .They have dual sockets and adjustable stems. The bases and caps are brass, and the bodies are a rais...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Vintage Chinese Painted Dragon Night Stand/End Table
Located in Pomona, CA
This beautiful Night Stand is hand made and have beautiful Chinese traditional folks art painting of dragon on the front. Very sturdy. It has two open doors ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm
$750 Sale Price
40% Off
Chinese porcelain charger, c. 1800
s
Located in Kenilworth, IL
Chinese export porcelain charger hand decorated in cobalt underglaze blue centering on the Willow Tea House landscape. The deep standing rim is detailed with a classic Chinese runnin...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Oriental Porcelain Celadon Glazed Painted Vase Mounted as a Lamp 20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An oriental porcelain
Celadon-Glazed painted
Vase mounted as a lamp
20th century.
Of meiping form painted
with flowering branches of peonies
and poem inscription,
on turned wood stand...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Celadon
Oriental Porcelain Flow Blue White Umbrella Stand, Large Vase, Floral Decorated
Located in Manhasset, NY
Oriental Porcelain Flow Blue White Umbrella Stand, Large Vase, Floral Decorated
Very pretty porcelain blue and white oriental umbrella stand ...
Category
Late 20th Century English Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th-Century Antique Chinese Erotic Porcelain Figurine
Located in Pomona, CA
These "spring palace paintings" (春宫畫), Chinese erotic porcelain figurine were historically given to brides and young couples, sometimes as a form of "sex education" in a culture wher...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Opposing Pair of Eighteen Inch Vintage Turquoise Ceramic Foo Dogs
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Pair of large-sized Chinese export (18 inches tall) pottery foo dogs, each having a rich cerulean glaze.
Stock ID: D4039
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Beautiful Chinese Porcelain Lamps with Brass Bases and Custom Shades
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Pair of elegant Chinese hand painted porcelain table lamps having new leaf shaped finials and chocolate colored custom shades. Lovely brass filigree bases.
SW
30” H to finial. 9” ...
Category
1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
Framed Chinese Embroidery Southern Bridal Jacket
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed vintage Chinese embroidered bridal jacket called "Gua", which is the upper part of the two-piece wedding assemble called "Qun Gua", with the low...
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silk, Glass, Wood
Large Chinese Elm Stand
Located in Houston, TX
Large Chinese elm stand dating to the 19th century. Perfect for a large sculpture or planter. Or could be cut down a few inches and serve as a side table. Fitted with two frieze draw...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Elm, Lacquer
$3,900
Chinese Export Silver Card Case
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Card Case, circa 1890, embossed and chased with a dragon among clouds on one side, featuring a single vacant shield-shaped cartouche; the reverse decorated with...
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Chinese Beige Botancial Motif Rounded Porcelain Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) bulbous porcelain vase with pink florals and an orange bird amid green leaves on one side and characters on the reverse. There is dark, speckled ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Importance Chinese Lamp from the Beginning of the 20th Century
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Importance Chinese lamp from the beginning of the 20th century mounted on gold gilt bronze.
H: 116cm, D: 60cm
Category
Early 20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Mid-Century White Porcelain Chickens
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of Antique Chinese (Mid 20th Century) white porcelain chickens, detailed with tonal feathers and red features and sculpted perched on rocks (P...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Important Chinese blue ceramic lamp with butterflies, Quing Thongzhi, China 1865
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Chinese lamp in blue ceramic decorated with butterflies and flowers.
China.
QING dynasty, Tongzhi era, 1861-1875
Blackened wooden base
In excellent condition, electricity ...
Category
1860s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood, Ceramic
$2,594 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Bronze Buddha Hand Fragment on Walnut Stand
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
Buddha Hand Fragment on Walnut Stand from a 19th Century Bronze Buddha Statue
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Chinese Porcelain Light Green and White Cartouche Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Early 20th Century) bulbous porcelain urn with a large white cartouche depicting a basket of botanicals on each side against a light green background patterned with...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Peking 5Paw 9x12 Dragon Chinese Rug 275cmx356cm Fine Art Deco Rug c.1870
Located in New York, NY
This exquisite circa 1870 Chinese Peking rug features a soft brown field framed by deep blue borders and delicate floral corner motifs, centered by a detailed blossom medallion. Hand...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Cloisonné Enameled Guanyin Sculpture Figurine, Strong Museum
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Antique Chinese cloisonné enameled and carved Guanyin, or Quan Yin, sculpture or figurine features carved face and hair and finely detailed multi-colored enameled dress. The hair is ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Chinese Yellow and Cherry Blossom Design Porcelain Sleeve Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese yellow porcelain sleeve vase with cherry blossom branches and birds in a pale neutral palette, wrapping all four sides and growing up t...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Off-White and Blue Figurative Scene Stoneware Table Lamp
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) table lamp made from an off-white and blue stoneware vase with carved floral bands, two small decorative handles, and a scene depicting two women...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Small Handcarved Chinese Chest
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A hand carved Chinese large table box with hinged lid. Intricately carved all-over with Asian carvings resting of four paw feet. Bronze lock plate on front.
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Decorative Vintage Chinese Gold Leaf Floral Painted and Lacquered Sideboard
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this very nicely made, Chinese floral gold leaf painted and lacquered sideboard cupboard
This is a very good-loo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
Chinese White and Navy Blue Symbol Patterned Porcelain Urn
Located in Queens, NY
"Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) large, off-white porcelain urn painted with a navy blue pattern featuring Buddhist symbols and other shapes with accented blue scrolled handles.
...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Early 20th Century Chinese 3d Carving Wood Panel Hanging Architectural Element
Located in Pomona, CA
These pair of 2 antique Chinese wood carving panels have very deep 3D carving works of Chinese folks art - Chinese Opera with gilt. Very det...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$225 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Pair of Chinese Canton / Rose Medallion Vases / Lamps, 19th Century
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality pair of 19th century Chinese rose medallion vases, each with wonderful bold pinks, blues and green coloring, exotic bird handles on either side, lizards circling ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair 19th Century Chinese Hardwood Stands
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality pair of Chinese hardwood stands, having inset Rouge marble tops, carved flower and foliate decoration with birds. Each raised on ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
$3,029 / set
Vintage Chinese Green Two-Tiered Tole Oval Server
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese dark green tole, two-tiered server with a black metal frame holding two oval shelves decorated in a garland border of gold leaves with red...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Vintage Chinese Black Two-Tiered Tole Oval Server
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese black tole, two-tiered server with a black metal frame holding two oval shelves decorated in a garland border of gold leaves with red dots...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal
Pair of Chinese Off-White Orange and Pink Floral Motif Porcelain Table Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
"Pair of similar Chinese porcelain table lamps made from off-white, urn-shaped vases with pink, orange and green florals, berries, leaves and snap dragons with wooden bases and brass...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Metal, Brass
Chinese Style Stoneware Vase
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (20th cent) stoneware vase with multi-colored glaze and 3 figures in high relief.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Vintage Cylindrical Picture Jasper Tower on Wood Stand More Views Vintage Cyli
Located in Pomona, CA
As a nurturing and protective stone, the picture jasper meaning helps to bring you comfort, alleviating any fear, stress or anxiety you may be feeling. It’stimulates the root chakr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Stone
$288 Sale Price
25% Off
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker
Located in London, GB
Chinese Export Silver Cocktail Shaker, c1925, embossed and chased with bamboo decoration against a matte background, with a single round vacant cartouche.
Marked with TC, for Tuck C...
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Pair of Chinese Export Silver Candlesticks
Located in London, GB
A Pair of Chinese Export Silver Candlesticks, each with coiled dragon chasing a fire pearl around the plain column, with the dragons rising in opposing directions to face each other....
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
$4,819 / set
Pair 19th C. Large Chinese Export Porcelain Rose Medallion "Famille Rose" Vases
Located in Solebury, PA
A pair of large Chinese export porcelain rose medallion, or famille rose, vases are notable for their impressive scale and finely detailed decoration. Famille rose, specifically the ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Faux Bamboo Square Cocktail Table
Located in Westwood, NJ
19th century style square cocktail table with a carved faux bamboo edge to the entire frame, a brushed and textured veneered top, and four bold ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Vietnamese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Wood
$3,525 / item
Pair of Chinese Porcelain Vases, Satsuma, 1970
s.
Located in Praha, CZ
The vases are hand-decorated with painted scenes, figures in kimonos.
In the background you can see landscapes, mountains, trees.
The decoration is richly interwoven with gold color ...
Category
1970s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Pair of Chinese White and Cherry Blossom Branch Porcelain Urns
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of similar Chinese white porcelain urns depicting small yellow birds in cherry blossom branches on the fronts, and characters on the rever...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Antique Tall Chinese Carved Rosewood Two Tiered Flower Stands Marble-Top Insert
Located in Brea, CA
A 19th century antique Chinese carved rosewood two tiered flower stand table with rouge griotte marble top insert, the inset marble top over carved ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Chinese Export Silver Dragon Card Case
Located in New York, NY
Chinese export silver card case, ca 1910. Rectangular. Chased ornament on stippled ground. On recto, a blossoming prunus branch with armorial cartouche (vacant). On verso, a fanged a...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Silver
Two Carved Wood, Marble and Onyx Chinese Tables
Located in London, GB
Two carved wood, marble and onyx Chinese tables
Chinese, Early 20th Century
Height 77cm, diameter 51cm
Intricately carved and elegantly formed, the two Chinese tables feature r...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Onyx, Marble
$33,047 / set
Pair of Chinese Style Filigree Gilt Wood Dragon Floor Lamps
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese-style (19th Century) carved and filigree gilt wood 6 sided dragon base floor lamps with round brass filigree shade (PRICED AS Pai...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Brass
China Republic 1912-1960 Inside Paint Carved Rock Crystal Vase Silver
Enamel
Located in Miami, FL
An impressive China inside-painted vase in rock crystal.
Beautiful and one-of-a-kind art-piece. created in China during the first years of the China-republic, circa 1912-1949. Thi...
Category
1940s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture
Materials
Multi-gemstone, Rock Crystal, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$13,895 Sale Price / set
30% Off
Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export furniture for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage furniture created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include asian art and furniture, decorative objects, serveware, ceramics, silver and glass and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with ceramic, porcelain and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export furniture made in a specific country, there are Asia, East Asia, and China pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original furniture, popular names associated with this style include Europa Antiques, Wang Hing
Co., Luen Wo, and Hung Chong
Co.. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for furniture differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $40 and tops out at $216,780 while the average work can sell for $1,998.
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