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Jewellery cabinet, rosewood: A small rosewood jewellery cabinet with lotus-carved doors and brass pulls from Đại Bái, standing closed on the bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop
Photo · Closed
Jewellery cabinet, rosewood: A small rosewood jewellery cabinet with lotus-carved doors and brass pulls from Đại Bái, standing closed on the bench, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light, by Đồng Kỵ workshop
01 / 04 · Closed
Jewellery cabinet, rosewood, close-up of the lotus-carved doors, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light
02 / 04 · The lotus doors
Jewellery cabinet, rosewood, one small drawer pulled open, dovetails visible, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light
03 / 04 · A drawer, open
Jewellery cabinet, rosewood, macro of the brass pulls from Đại Bái, in a Đồng Kỵ carving workshop, ironwood and rosewood planks, chisels and shavings, oiled dark grain, timber-yard light
04 / 04 · The pulls

Photographed in the workshop. The pulls were cast in Đại Bái; the drawers run on wood, with no metal inside.

Đồ gỗ mỹ nghệ · Fine woodwork · Unique

Jewellery cabinet, rosewood

Tủ — a cabinet; here a small one with six drawers on wooden runners, carved with a lotus on the doors.

$1,400

Shipping & duties included

Portrait of the Đồng Kỵ family workshop: three carvers and joiners of different ages standing together in the timber yard among stacked ironwood, family workshop of the family trade

Đồng Kỵ workshop

Carvers & joiners · Đồng Kỵ village · Family workshop

A cabinet of six drawers behind two doors carved with a lotus, in rosewood dried three years, the drawers dovetailed and running on wooden runners, the pulls cast in bronze in Đại Bái. It was made for the eldest brother’s daughter and then, with her blessing, for the collection.

For jewellery, for letters, for the things that want a drawer each.

Materials
Rosewood, brass pulls from Đại Bái, oil and wax finish
Technique
Frame-and-panel construction; dovetailed drawers; relief carving
Dimensions
36 × 24 × 48 cm · 14.2 × 9.4 × 18.9 in · 9 kg
Edition
Unique work · Signed and sealed on the reverse
Made
Đồng Kỵ, Từ Sơn · 2026
Delivery
Crated by hand, insured door to door · Ready in 14 days · 30-day return

$1,400

Duties and worldwide shipping included · Ready to send in 14 days

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Each work is crated by hand in Hà Nội and insured door to door. If it does not belong in your home, return it within 30 days.

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The making

Ten weeks, after three years

The smallest cabinet the workshop makes, with every joint of the large ones.

I

The timber

Rosewood stacked three years.

II

The carcass

Frame and panel, joined without glue.

III

The drawers

Six, dovetailed, fitted to run on wood.

IV

The doors

Lotus carved in relief; pulls from Đại Bái; oiled and waxed.

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