Chinese Wardrobe with 2 Drawers and 2 Doors

Tall dark cupboard with fluted edges and a skirt cut in gentle scallops.

This wardrobe with 2 drawers and 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. 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. Narrow-topped cabinet with two plain doors framed by reeded, rounded stiles. Glossy dark brown finish with slight streaking. A scalloped apron runs across the bottom, above short legs with curved cutouts. It is 45 inches long, 20.75 deep and 77.25 high.

Simple doors, one flirtatious hem, and no apologies.