Shipping:

From Location Bantam, CT:  Shipping from Bantam will be immediately upon receipt of your order, either by UPS or Blanket Wrap Service. Cost will depend on your destination. Please contact us with your order and ZIP code and we will provide you with a shipping quote. If Orders are being picked up  Bantam there will be No Freight Charges.

From USA Central Warehouse:  Purchases from our main Catalog will be shipped once every 8-10  weeks from China to our USA Warehouse and will shipped  immediately upon arrival, either by UPS or Blanket Wrap Service. Cost will depend on your destination. Please contact us with your order and ZIP code and we will provide you with a shipping quote

Shipping Facts : (for more details click: shipping)
We take great care in the shipping of our antiques, and thus ship using companies that we know will do their utmost in ensuring that the pieces you have purchased from FOUR WINDS-CULTURALLIVING  arrive in your home in the same condition in which they left our warehouse.

Our warehouses are located in High Point, NC and  Bantam,CT and all shipments will be from these points. The price quoted to you will include full insurance and an inside delivery service.

It is reasonable to estimate the shipping cost/ piece to run at approximately 15% of the retail price. As more items are added to a single shipment the cost per piece does drop.

This is only an estimate and for a freight quote simply send an e-mail to with the pieces) you are interested in and your zip code. In short order a shipping quote will be provided, via return email-mail. Shipping is prepaid at the same time as the merchandise.

Shipping Rates:  
These will depend on volume and destination, we will gladly provide you with a quote, upon receiving your ZIP and items of your interest. 

Free Shipping: Free shipping is offered on orders of 3- or more furniture pieces, shipped to the lower 48 States of the USA.

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• Authorization for said return is given by FOUR WINDS-CULTURALLIVING
• Return must be made within 14 days of receiving said goods.
• All shipping/insurance etc. for the return will be at purchasers expense…. the condition of the goods is the responsibility of the purchaser until delivery process is complete.
• Once item is inspected to be in original condition as sent to customer full credit for the purchase of the product will be given, less shipping/handling charges.

Chinese Antique Furniture has been made from wood that has not been kiln dried and is used to a climate that has a humidity level of 70% on a year round basis. Therefore when moved from a temperate climate with such a consistent high humidity level the wood, as a natural material, will expand/contract as it adjusts to it's new climate. Many pieces have been made with floating panels on tops and doors so as to accommodate this movement. However, it can also occur in other areas of the furniture. Each piece of furniture reacts differently as it "settles in". Although not necessarily the case with every piece, one must expect the development of "character lines" (as we have affectionately come to call them) in any Chinese Antique, to some degree or another. Do note that the occurrence of such does not affect the structural integrity of any of our pieces, but rather becomes a part of it's allure.

There are many ways to merge these developments in the wood. I have success using dark tones of Beeswax. Simply apply with an artist brush and wipe off with a clean cloth.

If you have further questions regarding this please feel free to contact Marga at 860 567 5607 or email sales@culturalliving.com

931 Bantam Road- P.O.Box 453, Bantam, CT 06750-0453  (206) 666-2149