Chinese Kang Table with 4 Drawers

Low, wide table with a dark top and a raised frieze for a skirt.

This kang table with 4 drawers is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the 18th century. It is camphor 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 rectangular table with a dark, rubbed top and a paneled apron. Short square legs with inward curved brackets hold it just off the floor. The black surface has worn highlights. It is 44 inches long, 34 deep and 19 high.

Close to the ground and not at all bothered.