Chinese Altar or Reception Table with 4 Drawers & Marble Inset Top

Square table with a recessed dark top and two drawers over a wavy apron.

This altar or reception table with 4 drawers & marble inset top is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is elm wood & marble. 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. Raised rim around a sunken glossy panel. Two drawers with round dark pulls sit above a scalloped, carved apron. Straight legs end in small hoof feet with slight outward turns. Reddish-brown surface, mottled and scuffed. It is 34 inches long, 34 deep and 32 high.

A compact surface with a very proper skirt.