Large Ornate Antique Chinese Wedding Marriage Bed Room

84H x 84W x 93D

An extremely luxurious and ornamented traditional Antique Chinese Wedding Bed in red lacquered pine dating to 1900 from the Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Antique Chinese Wedding Beds like this were once used by royalty, and were often called “Eight Step Beds.” The Antique Chinese Marriage Bed is divided into two areas, one for sleeping and the other for placing one’s shoes and personal items, and preparing to sleep. The bed also features various carvings of people and decorations that depict traditional Chinese symbols and way of life. The carvings are in low relief, gilded with a very fine layer of gold, and feature stories from Chinese operas that tell life lessons. A unique feature of this Antique Chinese Bed is that it is not held together with any nails, screws, dowels, or pegs. Instead, all the joints are secured by an ingenious variety of wood projections (tenons) of different shapes and sizes that are made to fit tightly into corresponding recesses (mortises) carved to receive them. This outstanding Antique Chinese Wedding Bed is exactly the unique conversation piece for which you have been searching!

Zhejiang Province

Eastern China

Read More...

1900