Square Stool, Black Lacquer d70 The inside is finished in

The inside is finished in a dark wood stain

produced using proper dovetail joints and with a metal stay to prevent the lid from falling shut

wide grain

Made from solid elm wood with a rattan seat our black lacquer armchairs would look great individually in a bedroom or living room as a statement piece

making it more practical in a modern western home

Square Stool, Black Lacquer d70 The inside is finished inUnlike in other Asian countries, where people continued to sit on the floor centuries later, the Chinese quickly developed higher level seating and stools were in use throughout China from as early as the Tang dynasty over a thousand years ago. They were not seen as an inferior type of seating and were used by all levels of society. By the Ming dynasty a design had appeared with 'horse hoof' feet and a 'waisted' top that remained largely unchanged and