Chinese Display Case with "Bronze Star" Motif

Crossed legs, flat glass and a small metal star. It stands at attention.

This elm wood and glass display case with "Bronze Star" motif is a contemporary piece from China. It is made for showing small treasures, such as medals, jewelry or letters, in a home or shop, where they can be seen but not handled. Crossed legs are an old, sturdy furniture solution. They rise here in dark, square-cut timber to meet a shallow box, its long lid glazed from edge to edge. The star is the only ornament, a single bright point on the front rail. Thirty-eight and a half inches high and twenty-six deep.

It asks very little of anyone, except a decision about what goes inside.