Zentner Collection

What a place! You will not understand until you visit them. Huge selection of quality pieces from all over Southeast Asia. Stunning selection of Japanese furniture that is unrivaled anywhere in the US. Honestly I refer anyone to this stores that is looking for something special for their home.
They are a family run business, how many of these are still around? I have been there many times and always find something to add to my growing collection. If you are in Northern California, make a point to visit them. You will not be disappointed.

I had just started negotiating for a piece, & then very abruptly I received an email that the piece had been sold. Since it was very late in the day, I strongly suspect that the owner simply didn’t want to work with me anymore. It was a very bizarre and unpleasant experience!

Owned and operated by an amazing family, members of which have been there for me when I needed it most. Gave me a place to stay when I had none, the definition of good people! You can expect the same and I hope you get a chance to know the Zentner’s.

Excellent! A real treat for anyone who is interested in Asian antiques. Rustic museum like quality. A rare warehouse. I love browsing their catalog online. Family owned an operated.
However, there are some serious family issues that affect business. After negotiating, I once made an expensive purchase. (About a year ago.) I was in the process of paying for it, when the wife of the owner threw an emotional hissy fit and started yelling at her husband saying that the item was under priced. The husband excused himself to speak with her in a back room and I could still hear her screaming at him, saying that «no one listens» to her. He returned shaking his head saying that his wife was «hysterical — just hysterical» and that he had to raise the price a thousand dollars. Needless to say, I chose not to buy the item and haven’t been back since. I left flabbergasted. It was the most bizarre purchase I almost made.

Great selection of tansu, statuary, and various pan asian articles. Huge selection. Very helpful staff and longtime family business. A bit far from San Francisco for us casual visitors, but we got there. Recommend for those on the prowl for good Japanese antiques!

I have been coming and buying from The Zentner Collection for over 20
Years now. I have come to know the owners and they are very honest people. I truly appreciate that this is a family owned business that loves what they do. The quality of furniture is un equalled at any other store.
Not to mention the selection is well Above and Beyond anyone else. Huge multi room gallery and warehouse.
I have no problem with the six pieces I have collected over the years. True timeless treasures! Not just furniture but small very collectible pieces as well.
A true museum with great prices.
A Retail location with wholesale prices.
Must stop when visiting the Bay Area!

The Zentner’s extensive collection of fine Asian art and furniture is a must-​see.
Whatever your familiarity may be with the Asian arts, you are sure to be awed by their large warehouse full of treasures and refined knowledge.
If you are not from the Bay Area, you must check out their website, which is updated daily with exciting «new» pieces brought into their store. They will ship anywhere worldwide and their pricing is extremely reasonable.
Overall a wonderful place to visit if you are interested in Asian art and history!

Dropped in, looking for some ideas for a new interior project we’re working on. Liked the new fish tank set about ½ in the warehouse. Helpful, supportive and unique furniture. Gotta lot the assortment or rugs, opium beds, occasional and assorted furniture. You only need one or two cool pieces to perk up a boring living room.

THE resource in the Bay Area for Asian antiques for decades. Customers are made to feel very welcome to browse the enormous selection of top quality antiques of every type, for every taste, at every price range. Prices range from a modest $ 100 for a handmade, solid ash antique stool to many thousands for exquisite, collector grade items. This IS the store that Gump’s WAS, so many years ago. If you are looking for authentic, top quality, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai furniture or art objects, you will find it here.

Zentner collection is such a magical place to enter, so much history in the antiques you could spend hours looking and marveling at. You can tell the owners love what they do. Not to mention great service and information that’s provided on each item. Love my new pieces! I WILL be back!!!

So I am redecorating my home and have been searching to find quality furniture with an Asian flare. I stumbled upon this gem on google and stopped in last week. They have at least four different rooms of wonderful furniture that I was able to feast my eyes on for hours! I was like a kid in a candy store.
I finally decided on two pieces of gorgeous furniture and dare I say, I will be back for more. I’ve read the reviews about the bug damage and infestation. I am pleased to say that my items are bug damage free and gorgeous. Prices were totally reasonable/​fair and the guys who were helping me were genuinely caring, not just trying to sell me something. In fact the whole staff was pleasant and knew their stuff. All in all, I give this establishment 5 stars. They deserve it!

Arrogant and snooty owner thinks he has cache as an aficionado in furniture. This place is basically an expensive junk store or flea market. I’m surprised they have such an overblown opinion of their garbage. The furniture may appeal to those with strange taste, but I just found it ugly and depressing.
After they treated me like a second rate citizen as a walk– in, I was anticipating some clue as to what warrants their snotty attitude.
Forget this place. There are so many similar antique stores and consignment shops that are better in quality and class.

When I die, bury me here. That is all.
Great, attentive service. We’re not high rollers by any means, but we were treated with dignity and respect even though we were looking at pretty humble pieces (relative to the overall collection). I didn’t get that stuffy, condescending vibe I get in many higher end Bay Area fine furnishings stores, not at all.
In the end, we did decide to buy about 5 different pieces, all of which were actually pretty reasonably priced, and the owner even discounted some of the items (we didn’t even have to ask).
So, to conclude. Amazing, mind-​blowing collection of artifacts — most of which are literally one of a kind. Kind, courteous, and downright helpful owners and staff. Prices that are fair and reasonable, especially considering the nature of what they carry here.
Strongly recommend Zentner Collection. But beware: I fear this may become habit-​forming.

This is truly an amazing store that has a huge variety of wonderful pieces from all over Asia. It is family owned an operated which is lovely to see in the day an age of large corporate business taking over left an right. I have been a long time customer that has always enjoyed visiting the store to see what they have to offer. I’m the past me and my wife have purchased a few Japanese tansus an artwork from them. We
Have Never had any trouble with bugs an our 250 year old beautiful pieces are a testimate to that in our bedroom and living room.
Tho store seems to go on forever with many rooms filled with all sorts of treasures. This shop is always a highlight for me an my family when we come to visit. I always recommend great places an this is defianatly one of them!

This place is amazing! Exquisite antiques and Asian art and from ALL over Asia! I absolutely love the atmosphere as well. it feels like walking through a museum! the business is family owned and operated, and every one is welcoming, and extremely knowledgable! i have purchased several japanese tansu’s from them and every time the transactions went smoothly and efficiently from the moment i walked in the door. And of course i am beyond pleased with the beautiful tansus themselves. if you are at all in the market for asian antiques and art, or simply have an interest in the Asian culture, you HAVE to check this place out. Im Completely impressed with the merchandise, and customer service. Needless to say. They have made a regular customer out of me!

Just stopped by this weekend with my sister and realized i’ve never reviewed Zentner… I love this place! My family and I have been coming here for years. We’ve purchased Japanese art (wood-​block prints), beautiful wood panels, and a few cool pieces of furniture (that will remain in our family). We’ve always been satisfied. I don’t think they’d still be in business this long if they didn’t know what they were doing (40 years). Not to mention the Zentner Collection has the most impressive and complete selection of art and antiques if you’re shopping for Chinese, Korean or Japanese style. Their warehouse/​showroom is loaded with treasures if you’re looking for quality. This place is the real deal! I’ll definitely be coming back :)

Zentner’s collection of Javanese + Chinese antique furniture is outstanding!
They have museum quality pieces available for purchase at a reasonable price (for what it is). Jenny + Perry were both very knowledgeable and very helpful. I wish I could take home more pieces! My husband has my wish list!

I bought a Tansu from Zentner several years ago. It was expensive (over $ 1000). I was living in London for the past couple of years and when I got the Tansu out of storage it was riddled with powder post beetles– they eat wood similar to termites. The Tansu had small, and some not so small, holes everywhere.
I had never heard of these pests so I did some research and found that they are commonly found in wood imported from Asia. The beetles can lie dormant in the wood for years. (It’s such a problem with wood imported from Asia that now you can’t bring wood products into the U.S. without a certificate that the piece has been fumigated.)
Not knowing what to do, I talked to a furniture refinisher, read an article by the University of Florida, talked to an importer about this problem and the feedback was all that the beetles were definitely in the Tansu when I purchased it from Zentner and not from storing it.
I called Zentner and they gave me the name of the place that they use to fumigate furniture stating that normally fumigation occurs before furniture is imported but sometimes it just doesn’t work and this is what must have happened in my case. When they notice beetle damage, they send their pieces out to a particular fumigator and provided me the name.
The fumigator then told me he charges $ 350 as a minimum but stated that since the beetles would have been in the Tansu when I purchased it, maybe Zentner would be willing to let me put my Tansu in with some of their pieces when they next fumigated.
When I proposed this to Zentner, the owner gave a flat out curse and angry «No» saying I had purchased it a while a go and he would take no responsibility. This is in spite of the fact that everyone, even his own people, telling me that the beetles were in the piece when purchased. I wasn’t expecting him to repair the piece or pay the $ 350 to fumigate, just let me put my piece in with some of theirs to reduce the cost. And, at the very least sound sympathetic. Buyer beware if you deal with this company!

Your authentic one-​stop shop for horrifically-​priced but genuinely antique tansu (Japanese cabinetry). In the front you walk past the workers restoring the pieces and preparing them for sale.
Tansu are their own art genre. They have a utility (holding your clothes) but their craftsmanship has its own set of values– generally, there are no «structural» nails in a tansu; all the wood is held together with elaborate joins. The decorative metal plates are hand-​worked and affixed with tiny metal nails.
Zentner also has other pieces, like the little household shrines you put in a Japanese house, or the many-​drawered Chinese apothecary cabinets used in Chinese medicine.
Sometimes I go to Zentner and browse their stock. From looking at the examples, their source and date of manufacture, I can see the difference between Japanese tansu and similar Chinese and Korean pieces. At this point I can fairly accurately determine the date (within 50 years) and nation of manufacture. Someday this will be useful, I“m sure.
The warehouse is huge and open to the public; it’s like going to a free museum. And it’s not just me– I actually saw an exhibit of some of Zentner’s stock at an art gallery in Palo Alto (the Palo Alto Art Center).