Chinese Export Wall Decorations
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
19th Century, Chinese Export Stormy Maritime JunkBoat Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
This 19th-century Chinese Export gouache painting depicts a sailing vessel navigating turbulent seas, executed in the refined style characteristic of Cantonese (Guangzhou) workshops ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Paint
Antique Chinese Gouache Pith Painting
Located in Bradenton, FL
Fantastic framed and matted antique Chinese painting of a village scene. Painted on pith paper with gouache in bold colors in typical style. Having the expected wear and foxing. 12 1...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Framed Chinese Ancestor Portrait Depicting a Man in Golden Robes
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese ancestor portrait depicting a man in flowing golden robes decorated with medalions featuring dragons, seated above a floor featuring additional dragon designs in a heavy rect...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Young Elegant Asian Woman Oil on Canvas, circa 1940s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Young elegant Asian woman oil on canvas, circa 1940s
This is one of our favorite paintings. A young Asian woman out on a warm afternoon.
The quality of this painting cannot be ...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Bas Relief Chinese Carved Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19/20th century) stripped and carved wall plaque of figures with bull and cart.
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Fixé Sous Verre, Palace Scene in Asia, 20th Century
Located in MARSEILLE, FR
LargeFixé sous verre, painting under glass representing a Palace scene in China: you can see many courtiers prostrating themselves in front of the Emperor, guards and different areas...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Vase and Wood Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque framing a bisected famille rose porcelain lidded vase, depicting trees and blooming florals, in wood with a decorative faux ba...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-G).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
VIntage Longevity Chinese Symbol Iron Cast Wall Hook
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
VIntage Longevity Chinese Symbol Iron Cast Wall Hook.
Asian Calligraphy Symbols Prosperity Luck.
Vintage solid iron Asian Chinese character wall blessin...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Iron
Large Chinese Heavily Carved Wood Relief Plaque Wall Mounted Sculpture
Located in West Hartford, CT
Stunning vintage heavily carved relief, ready to hang. Now, more than ever, home is where the heart is.
Category
Mid-20th Century Asian Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Framed Chinese Embroidery Panel of Longevity Deities
Located in Atlanta, GA
A large Chinese embroidery work of art presented in a carved gilt frame with and silver borders, circa late Qing Dynasty 19th century. The imp...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-F).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Bamboo
Framed 19th Century Chinese Landscape of House by a River
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese landscape painting with house by a river framed in black and red lacquer (19th Century).
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Two Framed Chinese Antique Textile Fragments Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A group of two antique textile fragments from China, circa 19th century Qing dynasty, professionally preserved and displayed in giltwood frame...
Category
Mid-19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Wood
Chinese Porcelain Foo Dog Split Vase Wooden Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) wall plaque framing a bisected porcelain lidded jar painted with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Navy
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated and wearing an elaborate hat and navy dress, on a beige b...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Paper
Late 18th Century Chinese Glass Painted Scene of a Family Gathering Fruit
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese (18th/19th century) framed glass back painting depicting a family gathering fruit beneath two trees surrounded by birds and butterflies in a wood...
Category
Late 18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Pair of Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaques
Located in Queens, NY
Pair of Asian Chinese style (19th century) red lacquered and decorated carved vertical wall plaques of ladies (Priced as pair).
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
$16,500 / set
Framed Antique Chinese Child Tiger-Head Hat
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely textile art was from Central-Northern China circa 1900s, known as "Tiger-head" hat, it was a lavishly made cotton with silk hat in form of tiger for baby boys with a wide...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Plexiglass, Wood
Chinese Chinoiserie Scene Portrait
Located in Queens, NY
2 Asian Chinese style oil painting portraits on canvas of figural chinoiserie scene of man holding bird with bowing servant framed by gold leaf painted fretwork (Similar to 058969) (...
Category
20th Century Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Gold
$8,250 / item
Framed Chinese Pen and Ink Ancestor Portrait in Navy Dress
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage (20th Century) Chinese pen and ink ancestor portrait capturing the honoree seated in a green chair and wearing an elaborate hat and blue dr...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass, Wood, Walnut, Paper
Chinese Ming Dynasty Style Paper and Silk King and Queen Portrait Hanging Scroll
Located in Queens, NY
Set of 3 Ming King and Queen scroll wall hangings, shown seated with a paneled wall behind them and a brown rug with dragons underneath against a pale gold silk shantung background w...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood, Silk, Paper
Chinese Carved Bamboo Root Face Wall Hanging
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese wall plaque made from a bamboo root carved in the shape of a smiling face with a bamboo root fiber beard. (Companion pieces: NWL2543A-G).
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Wood
Chinese Porcelain and Wood Foo Dog Design Split Vase Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Antique Chinese (Late 19th Century) wall plaque framing a bisected porcelain lidded jar painted with orange foo dogs and characters in wood with a decorative faux bamboo edge.
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Porcelain, Wood
Chinese Lacquered Carved Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Asian Chinese style (19th century) red lacquer and gilt trimmed wall carving with filigree & carved panels with scenes with figures.
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
19th Century Chinese Carved Scenic Monkey Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
Chinese 19th century carved wall plaque with monkeys playing in trees with fruit (finished on back with bamboo trees).
Category
19th Century Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Bamboo, Mahogany
Vintage Chinese Repouse Framed Copper Panel of a Ceremonial Vignette
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage framed copper repouse panel appears to be signed by an unknown artist and presumed to have originated from China, dating to approximately 19...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Copper
Chinese White Gesso Horned Goat Head Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese Mid-Century hand-carved, white gesso wall plaque depicting a horned goat head emerging from an ornamental plaque.(Similar piece: NWL2192)
Anatomical right ear has crack, sc...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Framed Seascape Genre Painting of Fishermen Next to a Lake
Located in Queens, NY
Mid-century acrylic genre painting of two people with a small boat, fishing nets, and baskets under a copse of trees on a riverbank with a village and mountains in the background on ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
Vintage Reproduction Chinese Tang Dynasty Clay Mural
Located in Pomona, CA
Look at this magnificent Chinese Antique Clay Beauty Mural Brick. It was hand made reproduction from Tang Dynasty. This Mural Brick has very detailed handcrafted beauty arts on it wi...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Clay
$215 Sale Price
38% Off
Portrait of a Young British Gentleman, Oil on Board, Circa 1920
Located in Seaford, GB
An evocative early 20th-century oil portrait depicting a poised young British gentleman, likely a merchant or naval officer, painted against a moody, clouded sky with a distinct pago...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Paint
XX. th Century Chinese Silk Embroidered Whit Two Dragons and the Fireball
Located in Brescia, IT
Chinese yellow silk panel, embroidered with great quality.
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk
Pair of 19th Century Chinese Reverse-Painted Mirror Pictures
Located in Rome, IT
A pair of Chinese reverse glass painting representing women and a child in a garden pavillion. Original "Chinese Chippendale" framing.
China for expo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Art Glass
$8,551 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Framed Antique Two-Piece Chinese Embroidery Winter Jacket Ensemble
Located in Atlanta, GA
This two-piece set of Chinese antique winter coat and a neck warmer ensemble circa 19th century (late Qing dynasty) is presented in two matching giltwood shadow boxes. Tailored in light auberge silk with thick padding, the attire was reserved for cold winter weather, which was common in Northern China. The surface is masterfully adorned with embroidery of silver threads. Although the color pallet was nearly minimalistic compared to many other colorful embroidery work at the time, the contrast of silver on auberge background is visually stunning and exudes a noble air of elegance. Floral and foliage motifs are showcased in neat arrangement across the coat and ocean waves and coral rocks...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Giltwood, Silk
Traditional Chinese Painting on Silk, 2 Women. Unusual Carved and Gilt Frame
Located in Buffalo, NY
Traditional Chinese Painting on Silk, depicting 2 Women. Unusual oversized shell motif to carved and gilt frame.
Category
1930s Chinese Vintage Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Framed Chinese Antique Brocade Dragon Panel
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Chinese brocade dragon panel from Imperial Qing Dynasty circa 19th century, beautifully presented with a linen mat and in a silvered wo...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Brocade, Silk, Wood
19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and Wife
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century Pair of China Trade Portraits of an American Sailor and His Wife, circa 1890s, two oil on canvas half length portraits of a young American Navy seaman (identified by his...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas
Framed Antique Embroidered Purse Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful antique embroidered purse from China, circa 19th century Qing dynasty, artistically displayed in a giltwood shadow box frame with...
Category
19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Linen, Silk, Giltwood
Chinese Export circa 1900 Gold Leaf Painted Fret Work Carved Wall Panel in Teak
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to this lovely circa 1900 hand carved and paint Chinese Export wall panel
A very good looking and well-made piece, would suit any setting its ornately carved in s...
Category
Early 1900s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Teak
Pair Antique 19th Century 1880 Chinese Gouaches on Rice Paper Geisha Girl
Lord
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely pair of antique circa 1880’s Chinese hand painted Gouache paintings depicting a Geisha girl and Lord
A very good looking and beautifully painted pairing, they were made for the export market during the British colonialism...
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Paper
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, Signed, circa 1870
Located in Nantucket, MA
19th Century China Trade Seascape with a Junk, by Lee Heng, circa 1870, an oil on board seascape with large Chinese Junk under full sail in the fo...
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Other
Paintings on Mirror Glass Chinese 18th Century China
Located in New York, NY
Paintings on Mirror Glass Chinese 18th Century China. A pair of paintings made on mirrored glass. Made during the 18th century in China. Original fr...
Category
18th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Mirror
$2,000 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Chinese Reverse Painting on Glass
Located in Dallas, TX
A 10th century Chinese reverse painting on glass. A snow landscape with people and houses in snow.
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Chinese White Gesso Horned Antelope Head Wall Plaque
Located in Queens, NY
"Chinese Mid-Century hand-carved, white gesso-painted wall plaque depicting a horned antelope head emerging from a decorative oval plaque. (Similar...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Wood
Framed Vintage Chinese Acrylic Abstract Painting of Waves and Fans
Located in Queens, NY
Vintage Chinese acrylic on canvas abstract painting of black and warm toned multi-colored swirls and waves interspersed with florals, leaves, and fans in a rectangular black painted ...
Category
20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Wall Decorations
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Wood
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 Wall Decorations
Materials
Glass
Chinese Export wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Chinese Export wall decorations for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the Late 20th Century, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage wall decorations created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, asian art and furniture, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with wood, fabric and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Chinese Export wall decorations 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 wall decorations, popular names associated with this style include Chelsea House, Sunqua, and Totoya Hokkei. 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 wall decorations differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $95 and tops out at $76,572 while the average work can sell for $2,550.
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