Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Bookshelf solid wood

solid wood

The overall style is very distinctive - instantly recognisable as classic Chinese

This gives a smoother

while the large brass circular hardware adds some classic

Ming Bookshelf, Warm Elm Bookshelf solid woodBookshelves like our warm elm version were used by the Chinese scholarly classes, but unlike in the west, they preferred to stack books on the shelves rather than have them stood upright. Shelves therefore tended to be deeper than their western equivalent. This reproduction version is therefore a little narrower than the originals but is otherwise in keeping with the simple style of Ming furniture. Made from solid elm, the middle shelf has two shallow