Chinese Altar or Console Table with 4 Drawers and Hoof Feet

A long, narrow table that spends its life being a runway for the lamp.

This altar or console table with 4 drawers and hoof feet is from Shandong Province, China, and dates to the mid 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood. Tibetans were traditionally semi-nomadic and owned few personal furnishings, so most Tibetan furniture stood in monasteries, and some of it was carted over the Himalayas to India as monasteries were destroyed. Slender console with a long thin top and a row of shallow drawers, each with a small round pull. Slim square legs end in slightly flared feet. Dark brown finish with a soft, worn sheen across the surface. It is 67.5 inches long, 15.5 deep and 31.5 high.

Long on length, short on patience for clutter.