Peranakan Furnitures

Peranakan Furnitue like everything else in Peranakan culture is ornate and beautiful. There were several styles of furniture found in old Peranakan Homes of yesteryear. They include Chinese Ming, Victorian, Red & Gold, Brown & Gold and Peranakan/Straits Chinese Furniture.


a) Chinese Ming - such furniture were found in all Peranakan Homes. This type of furniture is actually Chinese in design and nature and was produced locally in China and exported to the Straits for the Peranakan Chinese themselves. Such examples of this type of furniture will be teak wood, rose wood, black wood, namwood and Mother of Pearl furniture.



Available Chinese Ming Peranakan Furniture in Oriental Arts:

Mother of Pearl Marble Double Sided Settee - RM45,000.00

Mother of Pearl Round Table & Armless Chairs - RM80,000.00

Candle Stands with Gold Leaf - RM8,000.00/pair



Mother of Pearl Side Cabinet - RM28,000.00

b) Victorian - This type of furniture ws actually founded in Victorian Britain during and after the reign of Queen Victoria of England. As the Peranakans loved the British dearly and were keen to serve their colonial masters as well, they took on to England fashions, culture and furniture most readily. Such examples of English Victorian furniture could be in the form of mahagony tables, huge marble tables, baroque chairs and large Victorian side boards with mirrors, four posterbeds, cupboards, lounges, cosy chairs, buffet tables, bookcases, writing tables and hallway cupboards.

c) Red and Gold - The old Chinese furniture which was common in peranakan homes came from South China in the last 150 years. Usually the furniture was made from a greenish variety of cedarwood called namwood. The furniture was used as part of the wedding ceremony and part of the wedding chamber which contained a two tiered cupboard, an elaborately carved wedding bed, a carved washstand, dressing table and two chairs with footstools. the relief work is usually gilded in contrast to the red lacquered background.

Available Red and Gold Peranakan Furniture in Oriental Arts:

Peranakan Screen with Golf Leaf - RM8,000.00





Peranakan Displaying Cabinet - RM23,000.00


Cabinet with Gold Leaf - RM12,000.00

Cabinet with Gold Leaf - RM18,000.00

Teakwood 2 Detached Cabinet with Gold Leaf - RM33,000.00

Teakwood 2 Detached Cabinet (Wardrobe)- RM33,000.00

Basin Stand with Gold Leaf - RM8,800.00

Ming Style Bookcase - RM4,800.00


Bridal Bed with Gold Leaf Intricate - RM280,000.00



Sam Kai Table with Gold Leaf - RM120,000.00





Corner Cupboard - RM4,800.00

2 Tiered Semi Round Cabinet with Gold Leaf - RM38,000.00

d) Brown & Gold - The family altar table would also be embellished with gold dust. It consisted of a long high table with a lower table that partially fitted underneath the high table. Some of these items containes decorative panels that were assembled to taste. The distinguishing feature of this type of furniture is that it is very elaborate n decoration and is exquisitely carved. the wood is intricately carved with scenes from Chinese traditional dramas and romances.

Available Brown and Gold Peranakan Furniture in Oriental Arts:

Teakwood Hanger Stand with Shoe Cabinet with Gold Leaf Intricate - RM12,000.00

Inticate Oblong Side Table - RM5,000.00

Teakwood 2 Detached Small Cabinet - RM23,000.00

Trophy cabinet - RM6,500.00

e) Peranakan or Straits Chinese Furniture - This type of furniture blended both Chinese and Victorian influences to form a unique Peranakan style favoured by both Babas and Nyonya alike. Scuh furniturenwas made locally by Chinese craftsman and combined the best of both western and eastern elements of design and style.