Antique Japanese furniture | Japan Collection

The Japan Collection brings together a curated selection of antique furniture and objects from the Japanese archipelago, created between the late eighteenth century and the mid-twentieth century. These pieces emerged during a period of transition, when traditional craftsmanship coexisted with new forms of domestic life.

Tansu cabinets, chests of drawers, small trunks, low tables and storage pieces reflect a particular way of understanding space: flexible, ordered and deeply connected to material. In these objects, function and beauty are inseparable; every joint, every iron fitting and every wood grain forms part of a coherent language.

Many of these pieces were crafted from traditional woods such as kiri (paulownia), Japanese cedar or keyaki. These materials were valued for their lightness, durability and stability, and over time they develop a deep and elegant patina.

Placed within contemporary interiors, these furnishings bring a quiet architectural presence. They do not dominate a room; instead they structure the space, introduce rhythm and create a sense of balance that is often absent in modern furniture.

Each piece has been selected for its authenticity, its proportions and the story preserved in its surface.

Japan Collection

Antique sliding door base cabinet – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1920-1970) #9

Antique Japanese Document Chest with Drawers and Iron Hardware – Portable Tansu – Meiji–Taishō Period (c.1880–1920)

Antique low cabinet with sliding doors – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1920-1970) #12

Japanese Vertical Ko-Dansu with Five Drawers in Paulownia and Japanese Cedar, Taishō–Early Showa Period, circa 1912–1945

Antique chest of drawers with sliding door – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1920-1945) #92

Antique Japanese paulownia hibachi – Meiji / Showa Period (c.1890-1945) #93

Antique Japanese cedar tea cabinet (Cha Tansu) – Taisho / Showa – circa 1912–1945 #32

Antique Japanese Tansu – Meiji / Taishō Period (c.1868-1926) #100

Antique Tansu – Meiji Period / Taishō (c.1868-1926) #13

Small antique Japanese Tansu – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1868-1926) #99

Antique Japanese Chest of Drawers – Taishō / Showa Period (c.1912-1945) #37

Antique Wooden Work Table – European Side Table – circa 1920–1950