Chinese Console Table with 3 Drawers & Rattan Inset Top

A long red-brown table that keeps a lattice shelf tucked underneath.

This console table with 3 drawers & rattan inset top is from China, and dates to the 19th century. It is elm wood & rattan. Many Chinese antiques are now returning to China through auction houses and foreign dealers, as Chinese buyers actively purchase older pieces back, which the article describes as reclaiming their heritage. Long rectangular table with a plain top and three shallow drawers across the front, each with a small round pull. Square legs rise from a lower shelf made of an open lattice. The finish is deep red, worn to brown at the edges. It is 61 inches long, 24 deep and 31 high.

Spacious, plain, and secretly rather practical.