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Early 19th Century Chinese Export Work Table / Sewing Table
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Early 19th Century Chinese Export Work Table / Sewing Table

19th century
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A very fine quality Chinese export lacquer work table. The lid lifts to reveal compartments for needlework tools and storage. The detail of the lacquer work is quite incredible and the whole table is profusely covered, even the inside of the legs and the stretcher. The top is worn, but the exceptional quality and condition of the decoration to the rest of the piece more than makes up for this. This work table comes apart by the use of thumb screws underneath, so it was designed for travelling and perhaps even a campaign piece. The proportions, end support and the shape of the top would indicate an early date of manufacture as well as giving this table very pleasing lines with thin sections and a narrow frieze. There are some repairs to the legs which are a bit wobbly but can be repaired. Please let us know if you need more photos and contact us to discuss your restoration requirements of course.

English circa 1820

71cm / 28' high

64cm / 25" wide

41cm / 16¼" deep

TG4

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The Fine Art Fund has dated this Chinese Export Sewing Table to the Victorian era.

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A very fine quality Chinese export lacquer work table. The lid lifts to reveal compartments for needlework tools and storage.
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The detail of the lacquer work is quite incredible and the whole table is profusely covered, even the inside of the legs and the stretcher.
The Fine Art Fund

The top is worn, but the exceptional quality and condition of the decoration to the rest of the piece more than makes up for this. This work table comes apart by the use of thumb screws underneath, so it was designed for travelling and perhaps even a campaign piece. The proportions, end support and the shape of the top would indicate an early date of manufacture as well as giving this table very pleasing lines with thin sections and a narrow frieze. There are some repairs to the legs which are a bit wobbly but can be repaired. Please let us know if you need more photos and contact us to discuss your restoration requirements of course.

English circa 1820

71cm / 28' high

64cm / 25" wide

41cm / 16¼" deep

TG4

Date of Manufacture

The Fine Art Fund has dated this Chinese Export Sewing Table to the Victorian era.

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SA1051564
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TG4
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An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes.
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Archive I An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes.

Early 19th Century Chinese Export Work Table / Sewing Table

Archive II An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View II
Archive III An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View III
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Archive VI An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View VI
Archive VII An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View VII
Archive VIII An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View VIII
Archive IX An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View IX
Archive X An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View X
Archive XI An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes. View XI
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An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes.
Early 19th Century Chinese Export Work Table / Sewing Table
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An early nineteenth-century Chinese export black and gilt lacquered work table with an open hinged lid displaying detailed interior compartments and ornate chinoiserie landscape scenes.
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Crafted during the late 18th and 19th centuries, these tables were manufactured in China specifically for Western trade, featuring hand-painted gilt chinoiserie decoration over black lacquer bases and fitted interior compartments for needlework tools.

These tables typically feature a softwood core coated in multiple layers of natural tree-sap lacquer, detailed with gold leaf gilding, and often fitted with interior compartments containing carved bone or mother-of-pearl accessories.

Authentic pieces exhibit hand-applied gilding with natural surface variation, fine age craquelure across the lacquered finish, traditional joinery, and intricate landscape or figurative narrative scenes typical of Canton artisans.

This type of statement accent furniture functions effectively as an occasional side table in a hallway, drawing room, or study, complementing both traditional English interior schemes and modern minimalist settings.

Position lacquered furniture away from direct sunlight, central heating radiators, and damp conditions to prevent cracking or flaking; dust gently using a dry microfibre cloth without commercial polishes or water.
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