Chinese Console Table with 8 Drawers

Long red sideboard bristling with eight drawers and splayed ends.

This console table with 8 drawers is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood. Many Chinese antiques are now returning to China through auction houses and foreign dealers, as Chinese buyers actively purchase older pieces back, which the article describes as reclaiming their heritage. Low, long table with flat top and slightly flared ends. Two rows of drawers, five above and three below, each with a small pull. Warm red-brown lacquer is worn at the edges, and the legs are square. It is 104 inches long, 19 deep and 35.5 high.

Drawer after drawer, all neatly lined up.