Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19thC Bandhani Silk Scarves This beautifully understated handmade shawl

This beautifully understated handmade shawl from Nepal is crafted from 100% pure cashmere

as such it is highly prized in China and therefore more expensive

and effortlessly elegant

Origin: Anglo-Indian

97 x 52 x 226 (w x d x h cms)

Red Lacquer Wedding Cabinet - 19thC Bandhani Silk Scarves This beautifully understated handmade shawlAn exceptionally good quality Chinese Wedding Cabinet from Shanxi with painted scenes of idyllic home life. Many beautifully painted lucky symbols on this piece, including an elephant, tiger & monkey. Illustrating part of a classical poem perhaps. Lacquer cabinets were often given as wedding gifts usually in pairs, better quality cabinets were made from Elm. Lacquer has a long history in Chinese furniture and has been used for over 2000 years. It's is