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Low Painted Butterfly Cabinet

Some recent examples of our bespoke Chinese furniture

Some of our customers have been kind enough to share photos of their newly installed Shimu furniture with us recently, including a few pieces that we made to order. This therefore seems like a good opportunity to let others view some examples...

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Panjiayuen Market

Back home, antiques and art shipping soon!

I’ve been back from China over a week now and just about managed to catch up with everything here after a very successful trip. My last couple of days in Beijing gave me time to meet with one other contact...

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Shanghai Museum

Shanghai Fair, Skies Stormy

I arrived in Shanghai late Friday afternoon, just in time to witness a huge thunder storm over the city that caused chaos on the roads and for those trying to get home from work on the city’s underground. Michael ,...

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Shanghai Skyline

Getting Ready for Another China Sourcing Trip

I’ll be leaving on Thursday for another visit to Shanghai and Beijing, catching up with suppliers and selecting antiques and accessories to ship over to the UK on our next containers. With the move to our new showroom earlier this year taking...

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Shopping Mall

China sourcing trip – furniture ghost town in Shanghai

I’m out in China again for another visit to suppliers and on the look out for more furniture and accessories to include on our next shipment of Chinese antiques. Since we’ve added the China stock section to our website many of the items...

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