Chinese Four Door Cabinet

The paint has given up in all the right places.

This four door cabinet comes from China. It is contemporary, built of elmwood and given a distressed finish. Long cabinets like this one hold linens, dishes and other household things out of sight and within reach, which is why the form keeps being made. Cream paint covers the paneled doors and breaks away along the edges to show dark wood beneath. The center section projects slightly forward. Small diamond plates mark the doors, and low bracket feet carry the case. Sixty-three inches long, 48.5 high.

Contemporary by birth. Weathered by choice.