Square Stool, Black Lacquer spo-enabled The style is simple and

The style is simple and beautifully balanced - the two sets of doors mounted on circular hinges and fitted with the classic circular brass hardware that gives this furniture range its distinctive oriental style

with our Computer Desk or just for occasional seating

Our black lacquer altar cabinet tapers upwards to meet the curved apron at either end of the top surface

The style first appeared in China hundreds of years ago and by the Ming dynasty had become widespread - placed in pairs against a wall when not use and brought into the middle of the room for seating when needed

The natural finish shows off the deep grain on the reclaimed elm which matches the rest of the furniture in this range

Square Stool, Black Lacquer spo-enabled The style is simple andUnlike 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