Chinese Wardrobe Cabinet with 4 Drawers

Big round lock plate on top, four little drawers below, all in red.

This wardrobe cabinet with 4 drawers is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is elm wood. As original period furniture became harder to find, restoration artists began salvaging fragments from incomplete pieces to make complete ones, and eventually full reproductions began to surface. Below sit four drawers with loop handles. Two upper doors closed by a circular metal plate with ring pulls, fixed by flat hinges at the outer edges. Short legs with cutouts finish the base. The red surface is rubbed and chipped. It is 39 inches long, 20 deep and 72 high.

Orderly like a filing clerk with excellent posture.