More Chinese invest in luxury furniture

If there is only one item that Austin Rothbard, president of American luxury furniture label Baker, can recommend to Chinese consumers, he will pick the Athens Lounge Chair Tufted - which is limited to 10 pieces in the Chinese market.

This product, he says, is a reflection of Chinese people's growing taste for luxury furniture.

The creation from Washington D.C.-based furniture designer Thomas Pheasant is a clever interpretation of traditional style with the chair's legs and the back having a smooth and elegant curve. But it is contrasted with a light golden velvet cushion, made of leather, which looks exquisitely modern.