The Oriental Shop has been selling chinese furniture for more than 20 years and still takes pride in delivering to you beauty and elegance lacquered furniture,goldleaf furniture and Lindenwood furniture.

About lacquered furniture
Lacquered furniture is the trademark of chinese furniture which dates back thousand of years. Fibreboard material is used to make the furniture using dovetail joinery which does not required the use of screws or nails.The panels for the furniture has to polished until is smooth enough for the next stage. A few layers of lacquer paint is sprayed on the furniture in a dust free environment and left to dry for a few weeks. Once the lacquer paint is dried, drawings are transferred to the to surfaces for the artisan to paint the pictures. The final stage of the process is a coat of clear lacquer to give the furniture the distinctive glossy finish.The process may take up to 3 or 4 months. The secret of chinese of chinese furniture making is not to rush with each of the process to produce exquisite work of art.

About goldleaf lacquered furniture
The design of our goldleaf lacquer furniture is a fusion of french renaissance style with subtle chinese painting of floral and birds design. Fibreboard material are used to make the furniture using dovetail joinery which does not required the use of screws or nails. Panels are polished until is smooth enough for the application of goldleaf. Square pieces of goldleaf  are pasted on the furniture,followed by drawings to be transferred to the surface for the artisan to paint the picture. The final stage of the process is a coat of clear glossy lacquer to give the furniture the distinctive glossy finish.The whole process may take up to 3 or 4 months to complete.The secret of chinese goldleaf furniture making is not to rush with each of the process.

About carved lindenwood furniture
Carved lindenwood furniture are make out of semi hard wood mainly from various type of fruit trees.The methods of making these carved furniture are still traditional using dovetail joinery and highly skilled craftsmen and women to carve the oriental theme or scroll leaves design. The final stage of the process is to stain the furniture in warm honey teak colour or to paint it in white. The process for making carved furniture is very time consuming therefore the whole process may take up to 6 or 7 months to complete.
Some of these furniture comes in flat pack for safe delivery.

Mother of pearl wall plaques
Vietnamese mother of pearl wall plaques is the trademark of vietnamese products. The first stage is to polish fibreboard until is ultra smooth for coating it with red lacquer paint. Drawings of village scenery design are painted on the surface. Mother of pearl pieces from oyster shell are cut and then inlaid on the surfaces to be followed by numerous layers of intensive polishing to achieve the distinctive glossy finish. The whole process may take up to 6 months for each plaque.

Porcelain lamps
Porcelain or " fine China" featuring its delicate texture and pleasing colour and design has been the one of the earliest artworks introduced to the western world through the silk road. They made items such as bowls, cups, boxes, pillow, fishbowl etc
Now, inspired by connoisseur, items such as porcelain vases, tea caddy, figurines and other objet D' art has been fitted as lamps to create a sophisticated ambience for a traditional and modern homes.