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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.

Find a collection of antique Chinese Export tables, beds, cupboards, table lamps and more furniture on 1stDibs.

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Style: Chinese Export
Chines Carved Coral Finely Carved Perfume Bottle
Located in Sarasota, FL
Chinese carved coral perfume bottle in a form of a covered vase with a parrot on the finial and floral decoration at the base. Very fine work with good subject matter. Weight 77 g.
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Coral

Miniature Tureen and Platter Chinese Blue Canton Porcelain, 19th Century
Located in Lisbon, PT
This miniature 19th-century Chinese Blue Canton Porcelain Tureen is a great find from the Jiaqing period of the Qing dynasty. The tureen comes with an octagonal platter and matchin...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair Chinese Celadon Porcelain Vases / Lamps, circa 1900
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of late 19th century Chinese Celadon porcelain two handled vases, each with embossed classical motif decoration. Mounted on faux Sienna marble plinths and wire...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Embroidered Textile Custom Pillow
Located in Stamford, CT
Antique Chinese embroidered textile made into a custom lumbar pillow. Antique blue woven silk textile featuring center dragon motif. Pillow is made of Scalamandre iridescent celadon green silk with brushed fringe and gimp trim...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk

Silk 1940s Chinese Export Needlepoint with Nightingale on Branch with Blooms
Located in Lomita, CA
This is a silk Asian needlepoint (Gilt Bamboo-style frame) bird on a branch with flow that measures 38 x 25 x 2.5 inches.It is stunning in pastel colo...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk, Bamboo

Pair of Fine Chinese Export Reverse Paintings on Glass, Circa 1830
Located in Dallas, TX
a pair of 19th century Chinese Export reverse glass paintings depicting scenes of nobles at leisure in a palace that is open to beautiful gardens, original frame, inspired by English...
Category

Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Glass

20th Century Chinese Qing Hongmu Side Table Ornate Floral
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Very early 20th century Hognmu petite stand/side/accent table, ornate but understated, blackened hardwood, possibly rosewood. Overall slightly askew but fully functional and level t...
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Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Chinese Famille Verte Floor Vase On Stand
Located in Norwood, NJ
Large and colorful Famille Verte floor vas on stand with panels of scholars and children in teaching and contemplation. Applied Foo dog handles on neck. Vase height 23.5" Stand heigh...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Export Stoneware Bowl Longquan Celadon, Early Ming Dynasty Circa 1400
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a very old interesting Chinese Export stoneware Longquan Celadon bowl, which we date to the early Ming or later Yuan Dynasty, circa 14...
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15th Century and Earlier Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Stoneware

Chinese Export Eight Panel Coromandel Screen Pagoda Courtyard
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Fantastic large Chinese export eight-panel coromandel screen featuring a colorful pagoda courtyard with figures engaged in leisurely activities. The large screen measures 7 feet high...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Chinese Blue and White 19th Century Vase / lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A decorative late 19th Century Chinese export blue and white vase / lamp. Having wonderful flower and leaf decoration and mythical ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Chinese Wood Stands Pedestal Tables
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of tall Chinese pedestal stands circa 19th century the late Qing dynasty. These types of stands were traditionally used to display vases ...
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19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Pair 19th Century Rose Medallion porcelain vases / lamps.
Located in Brighton, Sussex
An unusual and rare pair of 19th Century Chinese Rose Medallion porcelain vases / lamps. Each with wonderful raised decoration, depictin...
Category

Late 19th Century Asian Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Blue White Trailing Vines Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain ginger jar is brightly glazed in the blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the sides and lid are enlivened with a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Early 20th Century Chinese Style Elm Wood Skinny Bench
Located in Germantown, MD
Early 20th Century Chinese Style Elm Wood Skinny Bench Measures 54" in width, 12.5" in depth, 21.5" in height.  
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Early 20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Blue White Shan Shui Ginger Jar
Located in Chicago, IL
This round, porcelain ginger jar is brightly glazed in the blue-and-white manner. A combination of stenciled linework and hand-brushed shading, the jar is decorated with mountain-and...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Peking Handmade Chinese Wool Rug In Navy Blue with Pictorial Design
Located in Norwalk, CT
A stunning and rare hand-knotted wool rug inspired by Chinese folklore, featuring Taoist immortals. The rug showcases a deep navy blue field accented with lovely peach tones, all bea...
Category

1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wool

Vintage Tibetan Floral Rug
Located in New York, NY
Colorful late 20th century Tibetan rug with a lovely floral design Measures: 2'11'' x 5'9".
Category

Late 20th Century Tibetan Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wool

19th Century Exceptional Sang de Boeuf Ox Blood Table Lamp, Decorative Handles
Located in Lomita, CA
The intricately carved handles, or ears of this oxblood lamp cause it to stand out from the field of other lamps of this type. This piece is a 19th century sang de boeuf "Oxblood", r...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

19thc Chinese Export Rose Medallion Platter
Located in Savannah, GA
This lovely Chinese export Rose Medallion platter was hand painted in the first half of the 19th century with overglaze enamels of pinks, rust, gre...
Category

1840s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Asian Tea Set with Hand Woven Wicker Carrying Warmer Basket, Teapot and Mugs
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Asian tea set with carrying basket. 1 porcelain teapot, 2 porcelain tea mugs and a wicker carrying basket. Perfect for a trip to the garden for tea time or pi...
Category

20th Century Asian Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Wicker

Chinese Export Porcelain Small Canton Famille Rose Elephant Candlestick
Located in Downingtown, PA
Chinese Export Porcelain small canton famille rose elephant modeled as a candlestick, circa 1860 The standing Chinese Export porcelain elephant with its trunk up is painted in an iron-red with gilt decoration. On its back is a vase-shaped candle holder rising from the raised saddle painted with a band of green leaves. Below the urn is a long saddle cloth hanging...
Category

Mid-19th Century Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné Enamel Vase for the Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Chinese Ormolu and Cloisonné enamel vase for the Islamic Market. Chinese, early 20th century Dimensions: Height 18cm, diameter 26cm Crafted in Chin...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze, Ormolu, Enamel

20th Century Chinese Carved Rosewood Pair Armchairs
Located in Tarry Town, NY
Experience the timeless elegance of traditional Chinese craftsmanship with these exceptional hand-carved rosewood pair of armchairs. Created in the mid to late 20th century, these pi...
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1960s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Upholstery, Wood, Rosewood

Rare Matching Pair of Antique Khotan Carpets
Located in New York, NY
Very rare matching pair of antique khotans with one measuring 4'1'' x 5'11'' and the other measuring 4'4'' x 6'2''.
Category

Early 20th Century Turkmen Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wool

Rare Matching Pair of Antique Khotan Carpets
Rare Matching Pair of Antique Khotan Carpets
$9,600 Sale Price / set
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1920s Asian Framed Silk Embroidery Butterflies Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
Early 20th Century embroidery probably framed in the 1960s in a gilt faux bamboo frame. Embroidery on black silk background of flowers and wheat sheaths with two butterflies in fligh...
Category

1920s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silk

Pair Century Chinese Vases / Lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very decorative pair of 20th Century Chinese porcelain vases / lamps. Each with blue coloured classical motif decoration boarders and Deer head handles, inset hand painted panels ...
Category

20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Jade Turtle Sculpture/Figure With Stand
Located in Guaynabo, PR
This a Chinese Jade Turtle Sculpture with stand. It depicts a heavy hand carved translucent light green jade turtle with a piece of silk in its mouth pulling a silk ball roll. The tu...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Jade

18th Century Chinese Plate or Bowl Blue White, Qing Qianlong Circa 1770
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a good Chinese porcelain circular deep plate or soup bowl made for the export (Canton) market, during the middle of the 18th century, Qing-Qianlong period. The plate is well...
Category

18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Porcelain Hat Stands Mounted as Lamps
Located in Germantown, MD
A Pair of Chinese enamel and pierced Porcelain Wig / hat Stands Mounted as Lamps, with Ebonized wooden base. Measures 6" in width x 6" in depth x 18.5" in height to the top light bu...
Category

Mid-20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Vintage Large Chinese Export Satsuma Moriage Geishas Koi Fish Bowl Decorative
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely Vintage Chinese Export Satsuma Moriage Geishas Koi Fish Bowl A very good looking well made and decorat...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Earthenware

20th Century Tibetan Leather, Brass Ghau Prayer Bag
Located in Pomona, CA
Ghau is a small prayer box/bag worn as pendant by Buddhists as portable shrines which can be pray by prayer during their travel. This Ghau prayer bag (travel Buddha shrine) made fro...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Leather

Circa 1880 Chinese Export Porcelain Thousand Butterfly Creamer
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1880 Chinese export porcelain thousand butterfly creamer. Scroll handle with gilding; finely enamelled decoration overall. Popular motif. Minor rubbing typical for age & use. 4...
Category

1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Chinese Brass Vase with Dragon Relief, 20th Century, Signed
Located in Esbjerg, DK
A vintage Chinese vase in brass. The decorations are handmade. Its signed by an unidentified maker to the base. It was made for export purposes d...
Category

1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Brass

Large Pair of 19th Chinese Yellow and Green Ground Vases/ lamps
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A large, good quality pair of 19th century Chinese green and yellow ground vases, each with classical motif decoration, scrolling flowers, leaves an...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Yellow Ground German Porcelain Vases with Flower and Bird Decoration
Located in New York, NY
A pair of beautiful yellow ground German porcelain vases mounted as lamps hand painted with flowers, bird and insect decorations. Each of these lamps are beautifully hand painted wit...
Category

1880s German Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain, Wood

Chinese Box, with Flower Pattern Decor, Lacquered 19th Century
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
Small lacquered painted box, with floral decorations in yellow, red and green, it was made in China in the 19th century.
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood

Vintage Chinese Red Lacquered Dragon Barrel Form Garden Stool
Located in San Diego, CA
A very nice Chinese red lacquered barrel form garden stool / plant stand with dragon motif, circa 1940s. I believe the stool is made of elm wood and covered with a rich red lacquer f...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Elm

Chinese Export Dragon Motif Silver Picture Frame
Located in Stamford, CT
Chinese export dragon motif silver plate picture frame. Newly replaced. New low glare clear glass. Original burgundy leather easel back. Opening ...
Category

1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Silver Plate

Antique Rare Black Yixing Teapot, Qing Dynasty, Yinkow, China 1910s
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an antique ceramic teapot done in black clay. This is a Yixing teapot made in the Qing dynasty. The square chop tells us the location 营口 (Yinkow) on the...
Category

1910s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Chinese Export Tobacco Leaf Pattern Pottery Holiday Tureen
Located in Kennesaw, GA
Just in time for the holidays! This is a Chinese Export tureen beautifully done in the popular tobacco leaf pattern. The lid and handles are gilded. It most likely dates to the 1980s...
Category

Late 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Chinese Ormolu Bowl Produced for Export to Islamic Market
Located in London, GB
Antique Chinese ormolu bowl produced for export to Islamic Market Chinese, early 20th century Measures: Height 13cm, width 31cm, depth 22cm This ch...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ormolu

Antique Chinese Export Blue White Canton Porcelain Leaf Dish or Vide Poche
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain bowl or vide poche. In the Canton pattern. In a leaf-shaped form. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mountainous Chinese village with hous...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Chinese Export Porcelain Plates Qianlong Era Circa 1750
Located in Katonah, NY
Dimensions: 9.5" diameter Condition: Excellent Price: $1,360 Made circa 1750, this beautiful pair of Chinese export porcelain plates is hand-painted in vibrant famille rose enamels. ...
Category

Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Chinese Wash Basin Stand Red Lacquer Gilded w/Hand Carved Details
Located in Topeka, KS
Gorgeous antique Chinese wash basin stand composed of red lacquer & gilded Asian hardwood with all-over hand carved details and a drawer with metal ri...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Metal

Fine Chinese Export Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in San Francisco, CA
A well-executed Chinese export reverse painting on glass depicting an elaborate interior scene with many figures engaged in various domestic activities. This is a finely drawn compos...
Category

Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Glass, Paint

Early 20th Century Chinese Red Lacquer Decorated Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
Early 20th century Chinese Red Lacquer decorated box. Relief carved top panel of an attendant and scholar. Fine finger joints on the box and lid. Inside top of the lid having Chinese...
Category

Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Wood, Lacquer

Antique Medicinal Buddahin gold plated bronze, China 19th Century
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find an Antique Tibetan Gilt Bronze Ratnasambhava Wisdom Buddha Statue. The statue is made of bronze and features a radiant gold finish, symbolizing purity a...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Antique Chinese Export Blue White Canton Porcelain Gravy or Sauce Boat
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain gravy boat or sauce boat. In the Canton pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with a mou...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Mid-20th Century Chinese Cloisonne Ginger Jar with Chrysanthemums and Butterfly
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a cloisonné ginger jar, a type of decorative enamelware. Cloisonné is an ancient technique for decorating metal objects, where thin metal wires are soldered to a metal surfac...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Copper

Bronze Chinese Foo Dogs
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pair of Asian Bronze and Inlaid Glass Foo Dogs or Kylin Dragon, probably Chinese, circa 1950s or earlier. They retain their warm original patina. These were purchased from the Manhattan estate of a Japanese American that traveled extensively through Asia in the 1940s-1960s purchasing antiques in China...
Category

1950s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Bronze

Chinese 19th Century Sang Du Bouf Vase or Lamp
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality 19th century Chinese Sang du Bouf porcelain vase / lamp. Having gilded ormolu mounts.
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Antique Samson Porcelain Chinese Export Style Bottle Vases
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine pair of Chinese export style bottle vases. By the Samson et Cie Porcelain Manufactory. With chinoiserie decorated cartouches to all sides, a light brown (almost cafe au...
Category

Early 20th Century French Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam
Located in VÉZELAY, FR
Important Enameled Stoneware Baluster Vase, Bien Hoa, Indochina / Vietnam, Early 20th Century Features: Origin: Bien Hoa, Indochina (Vietnam), early 20th cen...
Category

Early 20th Century Vietnamese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

Mid 20th-Century Chinese Famille Rose Porcelain Bowl
Located in Pomona, CA
This is a Famille Rose porcelain bowl, a distinctive type of Chinese porcelain known for its vibrant, opaque overglaze enamels. Famille Rose, meaning "pink family," refers to a styl...
Category

Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

19th Century Chinese Hardwood Stand
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A good quality Chinese hardwood hexagona; inset marble-topped stand. Having well carved foliate and floral carving to the frieze, raised on six ornately carved legs, united by a carv...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Hardwood

Ephemeral Beauty: Set of Six Chinese Export "Pith Paper" Paintings of Butterflie
Located in Downingtown, PA
Ephemeral Beauty: Set of Six Chinese Export "Pith Paper" Paintings of Butterflies, Circa 1840–1860 A charming and cohesive set of six mid-19th century Chinese Export paintings, exec...
Category

Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Paper

Chinese Export Lamp
Located in Stockton, NJ
A blue and white motif Chinese export vase, now as lamp. Interesting raised dragon detail. Distress painted base. Two sockets. Shade for display purposes only. Vase measures 19"H.
Category

Early 20th Century Unknown Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Antique Blue White Fitzhugh Pattern Chinese Export Porcelain Plate
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese Export porcelain plate in the Fitzhugh pattern. Decorated in underglaze blue with floral devices to the face, an...
Category

19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Porcelain

Pair of Signed Large Early 19th Century Chinese Vases Ornate Designs
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this decorative pair of early 19th century Chinese vases each signed to the base A very nice pa...
Category

1830s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Furniture

Materials

Pottery

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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