Chinese Cabinet with 3 Drawers & 4 Doors

Tapered cupboard in fire-engine red, with three tiny drawers at its feet.

This cabinet with 3 drawers & 4 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered 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. Notable is a tall cabinet wider at the base, in worn red lacquer with a deep overhanging top. Two plank-style doors meet at a round metal lock plate, with round studs at the corners. Three small drawers sit below. It is 52 inches long, 22 deep and 71 high.

Bright red is a bold choice, and it commits.