Tibetan Furniture

Tibetan style furniture is divided into three main categories: chests, wardrobes and tables.

Tibetans are used to sitting on the floor, so the benches or chairs are rarely seen in their homes.

Tibetan furniture used to store butter and cheese, is why you always feel greasy. Anyway, a layer formed of butter lamps' oil stain and soot is considered to be capable of effectively protecting cabinets inside surface. Therefore, if you have such Tibetan cabinets covered in this "beautiful coat," do not try to wash or polish off.

Tibetan cadres are always colorfully painted or engraved with such patterns as dragons, strange animals, leaves or bamboo. They are widely used in Tibetan daily life and religious ceremonies. Some tables are made to be carried easily bend when passing Tibetans Lingka Woods Festival (During the festival, the Tibetan traditional costumes install tents in an open field and enjoy nature while singing, dancing and treats.)

Tibetan Trunks, dating back a century, have unique painting art 17th or 18th. These boxes are painted, either directly on the surface or in a piece of linen which covers the surface.

Painting modern Tibetan handcrafted furniture is an attribute of all-encompassing Tibetan arts, reflecting the unity between the Han and Tibetan ethnic groups, according to the head of a Tibetan furniture store in Beijing Road (E) in the center of Lhasa.

It was recorded in the history books as "The Legend of King Gesar” that the influence of the cultures of ancient India, Kashmir and the central plains of China, classical art schools in Tibet had absorbed the artistic features of these cultures and applied them to his own work.

In recent decades, diligent Tibetan people have created a unique culture and Tibetan ethnic furniture by combining his art drawing with the likes of the skills and techniques of decoration.

The forests are found primarily in southeastern Tibet and wetlands in the southern section of the Himalayas. In old Tibet, due to poor transportation, fine furniture was the exclusive property of the high lamas and nobles. Ordinary Tibetan families only had a few pieces of furniture home simple and crude. Owning a set of exquisite Tibetan table, cabinet and chest was considered a great honor for the guest.