Chinese Low Table with Shelf

Low and wide, this one dreams of tea trays and sprawling magazines.

This low table with shelf is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the mid 19th century. It is lacquered elm wood & rattan. 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, low table with a square top inset with a woven-looking panel in dark tones. A deep open shelf runs beneath, framed by thick straight legs and rails. The finish is dark brown and slightly scuffed at the edges. It is 40.5 inches long, 40.5 deep and 17.75 high.

Sits close to the floor and has no regrets.