Sideboard

This teak sideboard features mirrors with chamfered corners, side shelves and swan’s neck pediment.Teak is a hardwood native to South and Southeast Asia, growing in abundance in Thailand and Myanmar (Burma). It was cheaply available to local cabinetmakers, and favoured for larger pieces of furniture. Being relatively less dense, teak also lends itself well to the carving of intricate designs.Peranakans filled their homes with furniture of widely differing styles. From the beginning of the 20th century, it became increasingly fashionable to replace the blackwood furniture that traditionally furnished formal spaces within the home, such as the reception hall (thia besar), with teakwood furniture instead.

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