Chinese A-Frame Wardrobe with 2 Doors

Slim red cabinet with a big round brass plate and tapered legs.

This a-frame wardrobe with 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood. During the Cultural Revolution, from 1966 to 1976, a great deal of antique Chinese furniture was burned, confiscated or scattered, which the article says helped start the scarcity of such pieces. Tall tapering cabinet with two doors in textured red lacquer, worn to brown at the corners. A large round metal lock plate sits at the center, and the legs rise with a slight outward flare under a projecting top. It is 33 inches long, 19.5 deep and 71 high.

Narrow, scarlet and not interested in blending in.