Tibetan-style furniture, usually featuring metal decorations, falls into three major categories: chests, cabinets, and tables.

Tibetans are accustomed to sitting on the ground, so benches or chairs are rarely seen in their homes.

Tibetan chests, dating back to the 17th or 18th century, were used to take food and clothes when people travel to make pilgrimage. 
But they have been gradually replaced by Tibetan cabinets for the later is more utilitarian in use.
The key feature of Tibetan chests is its painting arts. Colored paintings are either directly drawn on the surface, or on a piece of flax covering the chest surface. In some cases, putty is used to cover the flax so that the oil paints on it are not easily detached. 

Photo shows a Tibetan chest. [photo/Baidu]