Our Beginnings (Founder’s Notes)
In 1939, our late Mr Keng Kim Tao, founder of Singapore Handicrafts Pte Ltd. migrated from Beijing to Singapore. He started his business with one-fifth of a rented shop space in Orchard Road, selling $300 worth of arts and crafts which he brought along with him.
In 1965, the company became the pioneer of making Ming Style Solid Rosewood furniture in Singapore. It also specializes in imports of various Blackwood, Rosewood and Lacquer wood furniture, arts,crafts, works of arts from various provinces in China: Guagdong, Zhongshan, Beijing, etc. The company was incorporated in 1973.
As business flourished in early 1989, we built our own 6-storey building at Eunos Avenue 7, having a total of 60,000 square feet of space. It is in this very building that we house our main showroom today. This building is also where our office , factory and warehouse are located.
Factory in China
To cope with the demand of Rosewood furniture and to be competitive, we re-located our factory and set up a joint-venture factory in Shenzhen, China. This came into operation since 1985 in partnership with our Associate Company, Well Join Investment Ltd, based in HongKong.
Presently, our factory employs over 600 experienced master craftsmen, specialising in making Rosewood, Blackwood, Zitan and Jichi furniture for export to reputable furniture/furnishing companies in the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, Middle East and Asia.
Other Products
We also represent Nigensha Publishing, Japan to market quality museum reproduction paintings from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Shanghai and Liaoning Museums in China.
To move with the times, Accents On Accents was set up to provide exclusive, contemporary designer furniture and furnishings to suit the modern Singapore lifestyle. In addition, we also import exquisite works of arts and gifts - collectors’ items from Europe, America and Asia.
