Chinese Coffer with 6 Drawers & 8 Doors

Lengthy red sideboard of raised panels, with six drawers lined up like soldiers.

This coffer with 6 drawers & 8 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood. 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. Broad cabinet in glossy worn red, its doors divided into rows of raised square panels. Six drawers with dark pulls span the base. A slim overhanging top with a small lip crowns it. It is 80.75 inches long, 20.5 deep and 38.5 high.

Seriously red, seriously paneled, seriously ready for company.