Chinese Cabinet with 2 Drawers & 2 Doors

Bright red sideboard with two drawers, metal corner pieces and a big round lock.

This cabinet with 2 drawers & 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the early 19th century. It is lacquered & painted elm 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. Overhanging top above two drawers with shaped fronts and ring-like pulls. Two doors below meet at a large round metal plate and carry small metal corner mounts. Short block legs. The red finish is crackled and worn dark in places. It is 44 inches long, 16 deep and 38 high.

Bold on color, tidy in layout, ready for a close-up.