Chinese Cabinet with 3 Drawers & 4 Doors

The same tapered shape in black, with a round brass plate and a neat row of drawers.

This cabinet with 3 drawers & 4 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood. Once China slowly opened to visiting diplomats and businessmen, a trickle of antique furniture leaving the country became a flood that lasted through the 1980s, the 1990s and into the early 2000s. Tapered cabinet in dark, almost black finish under a thick overhanging top. Two planked doors close at a round brass plate, with four round studs. A band of three shallow drawer fronts runs below. It is 51 inches long, 21 deep and 70 high.

Dressed in black, and still very approachable.