Chinese Low Table with Stone Inset Top

Open rectangles under the apron, like windows in a very low wall.

This low table with stone inset top comes from Hebei Province, China, and is contemporary, in elm wood and stone. Low tables like this follow the long Chinese habit of sitting close to the floor or on a raised platform. A dark gray stone panel sits flush within a wide elm frame. Below the apron, a stretcher divided by short struts forms a row of open panels, and each corner is braced by an open square bracket. The square legs end in small hoof feet, and the reddish finish shows warm grain at the edges. It is 35.5 inches square and 19 high.

Built low, built square, and not about to wobble.