Chinese Cabinet with 3 Doors

Three weathered panels in a long cabinet that has faded gracefully into parchment tones.

This cabinet with 3 doors is from Gansu Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered & painted walnut. 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. Wide, low cabinet with three sunken panels in pale, scuffed and stained wood inside a reddish brown frame. A shaped apron runs below, and square legs divide the front into sections. It is 107 inches long, 19.5 deep and 44 high.

Years of wear, handled with admirable calm.