Qing Furniture
QING STYLE
The last imperial dynasty from 1644 to 1912 was a time of change in China, beginning with the invasion by Manchurian forces that ended the Ming dynasty and established the Shunzhi Emperor. The expansion of exportation and trade that had bolstered the arts during the Ming era continued, as Qing dynasty furniture involved the same attention to craftsmanship with expert construction techniques in hardwood pieces that were assembled with mortise and tenon joints rather than nails or glue. Together, these eras comprise a golden age of Chinese furniture design.
Ming-style furniture is simple and elegant with clean lines. Chairs of the period and other Ming furniture made an impression on Scandinavian modernist Hans Wegner and his streamlined seating, for example. Whereas Qing-style furniture is elaborate, with an increasing influence from the West leading to lavish carving inspired by the European Baroque and Rococo styles. And while many of the forms that define examples of the latter are common within classical Chinese furniture, such as curving and folding chairs as well as large screens, Qing designs are laden with ornamentation. Frequently, the carved motifs and inlaid designs in mother-of-pearl were auspicious, such as peonies for wealth or dragons for luck. Bats were symbols of happiness in the design of Qing furniture, with one of the characters in the word for bat, bianfu, being a homophone for fu, or “fortune.”
While several types of wood were used in the construction of Qing beds, tables, storage pieces and seating, today’s collectors know that the most prized were the rare rosewoods zitan and huanghuali. They were both sourced from Hainan, China’s largest island, and are marked by a rich luster that occurs naturally, without the application of lacquer or other decorative materials. Many of the most popular woods were imported from southeast Asia, adding to their value. Red sandalwood was also sought after for its durability and connection with Chinese medicine, with some chairs being made for health benefits.
Find a collection of antique Qing tea tables, stools, benches, decorative objects and more furniture on 1stDibs.
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Style: Qing
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9
3" x 11
10" )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'3" x 11'10" )
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Antique Qing Dynasty Chinese Twin Handled Bronze Censer with Elephants Handles
Located in Brea, CA
Qing dynasty 18th/19th century Chinese twin handled bronze censer with elephants handles, inlaid with fine silver work, 15cm x 11cm.
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Antique Kangxi Period Imari Wall Lamp with Flowers Chinese China Porcelain
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
A kangxi Imari plate made into a lamp by my brother who is a technician.
Condition:
Dish has a restored chip. Size: 232 x 90mm D x H
Period:
18th ce...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$669 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Coral Chinese Peking Carpet
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Coral Chinese Peking Carpet
11' x 15'6'' - 335 x 472
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Famille Verte Vase Mounted as a Lamp
Located in Astoria, NY
Chinese Famille Verte Porcelain Vase Mounted as a Table Lamp, atop an ebonized wood stand. 15" H x 4.5" Diameter. Provenance: From a Palm Beach Collection.
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
$650 Sale Price
33% Off
18th Century Lambeth Pottery Delftware Bottle
Located in Basildon, GB
18th Century Blue and White Delftware Bottle, English and probably from the Lambeth pottery in London, tin glazed earthenware with a hand painted oriental scenes. Height 9" inches (2...
Category
Mid-18th Century English Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Earthenware
$1,923 Sale Price
53% Off
Chinese Gilt Repoussé String of Charms, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious Chinese jewelry chain dates to the early 20th century and is strung with an array of petite bells, charms and amulets. Worked of gilded silver alloy, the repoussé charms are laden with blessings and symbolism, including fruits for abundance, bats for happiness, and a lotus for perfection. The chain is strung with three larger charms of a horse, a donkey and a three-legged toad, the mythical creature known as the Jin Chan, or Money Toad...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Silver
Formidable Dark Blue Background with Dragon Pattern Antique Chinese Peking Rug
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Dragon Carpet ( 7' x 10' - 215 x 305 )
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Late Qing Dynasty Low Side Table with Cloud-Carved Apron and Horsehoof Feet
Located in Yonkers, NY
This late Qing Dynasty side table from the early 20th century showcases a beautiful blend of simplicity and intricacy in its design. The table features a rectangular top, perfect for...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
Provincial Chinese Two-Drawer Table, c. 1800
Located in Chicago, IL
Crafted of northern elmwood in China's Shanxi province, this early 19th-century altar table was once used to display an ancestral shrine in a provinci...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Chinese Ho Ho Boy Water Dropper, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This curious object is a late 19th-century Chinese water dropper, a calligraphy accessory that would have been found upon a scholar's painting ta...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Style Floral Magpie Motif Porcelain Sleeve Vases
Located in Queens, NY
PAIR of Chinese Qing Dynasty Qianlong Period-style (early 20th Century) red porcelain sleeve vases decorated with plum blossoms and magpie birds,...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Pair Antique Klapmutsen Chinese 18th C Yongzheng Famille Rose Merchant Boat
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Two very nicely decorated Late Kangxi / early Yongzheng Klapmutsen/Bowls
Decorated in opaque enamels of the famille rose palette (fencai) with an European boat waiting the arrival o...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
$5,933 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Porcelain Decorated Hulu Double Gourd Vase Aubergine Glazed Late 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
We are delighted to present this elegant Chinese porcelain vase, a splendid representation of the rich and diverse tradition of Chinese ceramic artistry. This piece, steeped in symbo...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Gnarled Root Brush Pot, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Set alongside the four treasures of the study - the calligraphy brush, ink, paper, and inkstone - a brush pot was a fixture of every traditional scholars' desk. This wooden brush pot...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Burl
Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 4
6
x 7
6
- 137 x 2528 cm )
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 4' 6'' x 7' 6'' - 137 x 2528 cm )
Category
1890s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
1920s Pair of Chinese Peking Carpets
Located in New York, NY
1920s Pair of Chinese Peking Carpets
3' x 5'10'' - 92 x 178
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
$6,000 / set
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9
4" x 11
8" - 285 x 355 )
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 9'4" x 11'8" - 285 x 355 )
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
20th Century Chinese Flambe Glazed Bottle Vase
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A Chinese flambe glazed bottle vase with Jingdezhen Zhi seal mark, 20th century, in Qing style, with a purple-streaked upper section, seal ma...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$1,043 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Bronze Opium Box, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
A petite bronze canister once used to store a smoker's personal supply of opium paste. A keepsake from a bygone era, the small box dates to the early 20th century and provided an air...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet
Located in New York, NY
Early 20th Century Chinese Peking Carpet
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Chinese Qing Dynasty Carved Limestone Pedestals
Located in Austin, TX
A pair of Chinese carved limestone architectural drum form pedestals, Qing Dynasty, mid 19th century, China.
Masterfully carved, each pedestal is in two pieces. The top in the form a drum carved with "nails" surrounding the top, with relief carvings to the sides of opposing qilin, taotie masks, and scrolling foliage. The separately carved drums are supported by a lotus pedestal and surrounded by Buddhistic lions, all resting upon a high waisted table...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Stone
Circa 1830 Blue Canton Sauce Jug, Chinese export. Qing Dynasty
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Circa 1830 Blue Canton Sauce Jug, Chinese export. Qing dynasty. Charming & finely decorated. Rim frits & glaze abrasion on handle.
5.5" x 3.25" x 3.25" h.
Whitehall Antiques is a fa...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
$92 Sale Price
36% Off
A large yellow ground famille rose vase, Late Qing Period.
Located in seoul, KR
Porcelain painted in overglaze polychrome enamels, yellow ground.
Period: Qing Dynasty(19th century)
Type: Vase
Medium: Famille rose
Size : 58cm(Height) x 19.5cm(Mouth Diameter)
Con...
Category
19th Century East Asian Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Awesome Blue-Navy Background Floral-Medallion Design Antique Chinese Peking Rug
Located in New York, NY
Antique Chinese peking rug, size: 7' 9'' x 9' 9''.
Category
1920s Chinese Vintage Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Pair of Chinese Sandstone Column Bases, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This pair of late 19th-century column bases likely figured into the grand and imposing surroundings of a Qing-dynasty courtyard, supporting large wooden beams that flanked an entry o...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Sandstone
$6,480 / set
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty Ex Sotheby
s
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
One Blue and White Dish, Yongzheng Period, Qing Dynasty
Painted figures on bridge in landscape
Diameter: 11.5cm Height: 2cm
Provenance: Made in Imperial China Porcelain from the C...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic, Porcelain
19th Century Chinese Gold Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese gold lacquer tea caddy container from the Qing Dynasty. Unique shape, hard to find.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Drum-Form Opium Measure, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusual, barrel-form object was originally one of the many accessories that comprised an opium smoker's kit. Formed of brass with a copper lining, the small tool is known by col...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass, Copper
Blue and White Stemcup, Qing Dynasty, Kangxi Era, circa 1690
Located in seoul, KR
This porcelain stemcup has a domed foot, a high stem and an elongated deep bowl with a partially broken flared rim. River landscapes featuring trees, pavilions, bridges and figures, ...
Category
1690s Vietnamese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Antique Fine Indigo Blue Chinese Geometric Design Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A very finely knotted antique Chinese rug in excellent condition, distinguished by a tone-on-tone Indigo blue palette and by a geometric pattern based on an infinite repeat, honeycom...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Charm Token Shoe with Compartment, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Originally tucked in a pocket as a charm, this tiny shoe was kept close at hand as a talisman for marital happiness. Meticulously carved from wood, the shoe is decorated with a double happiness symbol, the traditional symbol for conjugal bliss. A lovely Valentine’s Day or anniversary gift, the charm has a compartment ready to be filled with a note or small gift...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Pine
Set of Three Chinese Lotus Blossom Stacked Nesting Tables
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Large set of three carved Chinese nesting tables or stacking tables featuring a lotus blossom decoration on the apron and humpback stretc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
$1,000 Sale Price / set
23% Off
A Chinese Brass Etched Lock with Key, Early 20th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Chinese Brass Etched Lock with Key, Early 20th Century
Provenance: Private Australian Collection Acquired in 1980s
Dimension: Width: 11cm Height: 2.5cm Depth: 1.5cm
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
19th Century Qing Chinese Alter Console
Located in Pasadena, TX
47.5? 19th Century Qing Chinese alter Console
Qing period piece featuring two drawers and concealed shelving underneath. Brass medallion pull. Car...
Category
Late 19th Century Asian Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Walnut Spindleback Chair, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This walnut chair from the early 20th-century owes its graceful design to the styles and techniques that emerged during the Ming dynasty, the golden age of Chinese furniture design. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Walnut
Chinese Pewter Oil Jug, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
A squat pewter vessel for pouring oil fuel into a small opium lamp.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Pewter
Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 4
x 6
8" - 122 x 203 cm)
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century Chinese Peking Carpet ( 4' x 6' 8" - 122 x 203 cm)
Category
1910s Chinese Vintage Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Provincial Chinese Blue and White Plate, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
This mid-19th century footed plate is decorated in the blue-and-white style with a pattern of stamped geometric and curvilinear motifs. At the center of the plate is a starburst meda...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Gaming Board
Located in Brea, CA
Early 19th century Chinese export gilt decorated black lacquer gaming board, circa 1820-1830. The game board painted with gilt seated figures in various poses on a black ground withi...
Category
1820s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Large Antique Chinese Qing Dynasty Hand-Painted Buddhist Scroll on Silk
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This large antique scroll is unsigned and presumed to have originated from China and date to approximately 1860 and done in the period Qing Dynasty style. The scroll is hand painted ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Linen, Silk
19th Century Chinese Ebonized Letter Rack with Mother of Pearl
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Chinese ebonized letter rack with mother of pearl from the Qing dynasty. Beautiful mother of pearl of four divisional arched form above a scrolled leaf fret-cut frieze a...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
18th Century Chinese Lacquer Tall Tea Table
Located in San Marino, CA
A one of a kind late 18th century Chinese, Qing dynasty black lacquer one door, one drawer tall tea table that has beautifully carved designs in the shelving area just above the draw...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese New Year Painting, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar New Year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered early 20th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Paper
Chinese Red Lacquer Hide Pillow, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Dated to the late 19th century, this fine Chinese headrest is hand-crafted of lacquered hide atop an elongated bamboo frame. Used while sleeping like a modern pillow, the headrest ha...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Hide
19th Century Net-Pattern Lacquer Box and Cover
Located in Brea, CA
19th century a lacquer net-pattern box and cover, a very beautiful piece. See more pictures, measures: Diameter 25cm.
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
Chinese Bronze Fighting Foo Lions Censer, Qing Dynasty, Late 19th Century, China
Located in Austin, TX
A fantastic Chinese cast bronze censer in the form of two Buddhistic lions play fighting, late Qing Dynasty, late 19th century, China.
The censer formed as a pair of Buddhistic li...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Blue and white jar with multi-treasure pattern, Mid-Late Qing Period
Located in seoul, KR
The jar features a straight mouth, rounded shoulders, a tucked-in belly, and outward-turned feet, with a high rounded lid topped with a bead. Its shape, resembling a general's helmet...
Category
19th Century Hong Kong Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Ceramic
Chinese Journey to the West Hitching Post, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Created in the mid-19th century, this charming limestone post likely once stood outside a building in China's Shanxi province as a spot to hitch livestock. Carved in reference to the Ming dynasty novel "Journey to the West," the monkey atop the post depicts Sun Wukong, the Monkey King...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Limestone
Chinese Spotted Deer Painting Fragment, c. 1751
Located in Chicago, IL
Also known as spirit screens, small Chinese table screens such as this were often used to block drafts and other intrusions in a scholar's workspa...
Category
Mid-18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Paper, Pearwood
Chinese Lucky Girl Headrest, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
To keep her elaborate hairstyle intact while sleeping, a well-to-do Qing-dynasty woman would use a rigid headrest or neck pillow to keep her head elevated. Whether functional or purely decorative, such headrests were crafted from a variety of materials and were often decorated with elaborate patterns or symbolic motifs.
This porcelain headrest...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Porcelain
Chinese Lacquered Two-Door Chest, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfecting line and proportion, this cabinet’s minimalist design celebrates the natural beauty and texture of northern elm (yumu). Accented with a carved lotus apron and the quiet lu...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Brass
Chinese Buddha Belly Bamboo Pipe, circa 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
This unusually sinuous length of bamboo is known as "Buddha belly bamboo," named for each segment's resemblance to the ample gut of the Chinese mon...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Bamboo
Chinese Red Glass Snuff Bottle
Located in Chicago, IL
A mixture of finely powdered tobacco, herbs, and spices, snuff was introduced to China in the 17th century by Western diplomats. Initially reserved for ranking members of Qing-dynast...
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Glass
Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet ( 12
4" x 18
2" )
Located in New York, NY
Vintage 1980s Chinese Peking Carpet
12'4" x 18'2" - 376 x 554
Category
Early 20th Century Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Qing Dynasty Wood Sculpture
Located in Dallas, TX
18th/19th Century Chinese Wood Sculpture Of A Emperor or General. Retains Some Polychrome Decoration And Horsehair Beard, Male Figure Seated On ...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Lacquer Tea Caddy
Located in Brea, CA
19th century Qing Dynasty Chinese export gilt decorated black lacquer tea caddy. Hexagonal shape with floral chased pewter covered caddies deta...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Lacquer
19th Century W. Chinese Kansu Runner Carpet
Located in New York, NY
19th Century W. Chinese Kansu Runner Carpet 3'8" x 17'3".
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Wool
Chinese Handheld Ink Block, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Chinese innovations in ink, block printing and movable type fed the technological push toward expanding the written word's range of influence throughout the world. This printing push...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Elm
Ancient Chinese Hand-Carved Lohan Monk Buddha On Lion, Kangxi, 1661-1722
Located in Torino, IT
A Fine hand-carved and Lacquered wood figure of a Luohan Arhat, Buddha' disciple.
Seated in royal ease on a standing lion, wearing long flowing robes.
China, Kangxi Kingdom 1661-17...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Qing Furniture
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer
Qing furniture for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Qing 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, tables and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, ceramic and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Qing 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 Wang Hing
Co., Satsuma, Copeland Spode, and Cornelis Pronk. 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 $38 and tops out at $188,800 while the average work can sell for $2,474.
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