Ming Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm ceramics-and-stoneware The cabinet tapers upwards to

The cabinet tapers upwards to meet the curved apron at either end of the top surface

circular brass plates on the doors

The main development was that the top rail and arms of the chair join onto the supporting posts rather than protruding further out

These lovely wall mirrors

Chinese herbalists used chests containing dozens of small drawers to hold their medicines for hundreds of years

Ming Chest of Drawers, Warm Elm ceramics-and-stoneware The cabinet tapers upwards toOur warm elm chest of drawers features the usual frame and panel construction with a simple apron below the lower frame and round brass handles that mirror the hardware on our classical Chinese cabinets and chests. The Chinese did not use chests of drawers until recent times as they instead stored clothes in cabinets or trunks. This chest is therefore not strictly a reproduction but instead our own modern interpretation, still with a strong oriental