Japanese Cha Dansu or Tea Tansu

Two small gilded doors hide behind the glass, a cabinet tucked inside a cabinet.

This cha dansu, or tea tansu, comes from Japan and dates to the 20th century. It is persimmon wood and glass. Cha dansu were made to hold tea utensils, and are usually more playfully asymmetrical than other tansu. Black and red streaks of grain run through every surface. Above, an open niche sits beside a pair of small sliding doors. The middle tier has two glass sliding doors and below are hinged doors, a stack of three drawers and two long drawers, all with brass bail pulls. It is 31 inches wide, 13.5 deep and 44 high.

Everything in its place, and several places for everything.