Chinese Cabinet with 2 Doors

Two weathered panel doors with a pale, mapped-by-time surface and red edges.

This cabinet with 2 doors is from Gansu Province, China, and dates to the mid 18th century. It is lacquered & painted pine 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. In form it is a low two-door cabinet with flat framed panels in pale scuffed wood, streaked with dark marks. Red paint remains on the edges. The legs are short and square, with a small center post. It is 45.25 inches long, 15.5 deep and 27.25 high.

Faded to a soft parchment glow.