A Pair of Late 19thC Chinese Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Cabinet Doors c.1890 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews traditionally used for storing personal

traditionally used  for storing personal possessions or  indeed salt

and surviving from nineteenth century central Italy

Length: 135cms / 4

who upon seeing the pair offered to give them a new home immediately

A Pair of Late 19thC Chinese Red Lacquer Chinoiserie Cabinet Doors c.1890 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews traditionally used for storing personalOrigin: Chinese Period: Qing Dynasty Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Widths: 14. 5 Heights: 44. 5 Depths: 2. 25 (each) The striking pair of late nineteenth century Chinese cabinet doors, richly lacquered in cinnabar red and decorated with time softened black and gilt chinoiserie ornamentation including scattered blossom forms and faint architectural vignettes, each being framed within a simple moulded border and retaining their original dark