Decorative Mirror with Antique Carved Frame spo-notify-me-enabled but more wealthy merchants would

but more wealthy merchants would use boxes covered in leather and decorated with fine designs

The name 'Yoke-back' refers to the shape of the curved headrest

Designed to go with our Dressing Stool

but today would make a wonderful decoration hung on a wall

These chunky ones are beautifully decorated with flowers and a coiled rope design

Decorative Mirror with Antique Carved Frame spo-notify-me-enabled but more wealthy merchants wouldJiangsu, circa 1880 The frame of this lovely mirror was once an internal window panel in a Chinese home in Jiangsu province and dates back to the late nineteenth century. It makes a wonderful frame for the mirror, with delicate floral carvings around the top and sides, and further relief carving in the bottom section. With a decorative brass fitting for hanging, it would be ideal in a bedroom or hallway.