Chinese Wardrobe Cabinet with 2 Drawers & 4 Doors

Glossy black doors stacked in two tiers, with a pair of little drawers at the bottom.

This wardrobe cabinet with 2 drawers & 4 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the early 20th century. It is lacquered elm wood. Once China slowly opened to visiting diplomats and businessmen, a trickle of antique furniture leaving the country became a flood that lasted through the 1980s, the 1990s and into the early 2000s. Tall cabinet in two stages, a smaller pair of doors above a larger pair. Dark lacquer carries a deep sheen, and pale metal hinges and lock plates mark the edges. Two small drawers sit low above a shaped apron. It is 33 inches long, 20.5 deep and 72 high.

Tidy and tall, with hardware polished like cufflinks.