Yoke-Back Side Chair, Black Lacquer Mirror like our warm elm version

like our warm elm version

is one of the most ingenious designs to have been perfected during the Ming dynasty

adding to the clean

toiletries or whatever else you choose to use it for

The lattice design in the upper panels of this beautiful warm elm screen

Yoke-Back Side Chair, Black Lacquer Mirror like our warm elm versionThe seat of our black lacquer chair has a smoothed rattan inlay and works perfectly as a dining chair, with a desk or as occasional seating. Antique chairs were often decorated with carvings of good luck symbols or animals, and the 'S' shaped curved back splat on ours shows a dragon in carved relief. The name 'Yoke Back' chair comes from the curved top rail seen on this timeless Chinese design. The style first appeared in China hundreds of years ago