Chinese Cabinet | Desk

A low desk with two blocks of drawers and a deep, dark recess.

This elmwood cabinet desk is from China, and is contemporary. Elm is a strong, close-grained wood widely used in northern Chinese furniture, and its pronounced grain shows well under a clear finish. Wide, flat-topped kneehole desk in a chestnut-brown finish, with stacks of drawers on each side and an open central bay holding a single shelf. The lines are plain and rectangular, and there is no visible hardware. It is 69 inches long, 22 deep and 32 high.

Understated, and very good at keeping paperwork out of sight.