Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, Red Lacquer h60 The hinged wooden 'wings' at

The hinged wooden 'wings' at either side of the cabinet can be closed and locked in place with the metal bar and padlock provided

while the top is set with a rattan panel to provide a hard wearing surface

With some features that are typical of Chinese Ming furniture

made up of individually cut pieces of wood that fit together with mortise and tenon joints

Our version

Lacquer Wedding Cabinet, Red Lacquer h60 The hinged wooden 'wings' atThis beautiful red lacquer wedding cabinet is made from solid poplar wood. Traditionally in China, large cabinets or armoires like this were presented as part of a bride's wedding dowry, although the term 'Wedding Cabinet' is a more recent western term. The contents of the cabinet fabrics, clothes and silks, also formed part of the dowry. The cabinets were usually in either red or black lacquer and, as in our reproduction versions, they were often