Chinese Side Cabinet with 2 Drawers & 2 Doors

Two ring-pull drawers over round-locked doors, in a compact dark red-brown cabinet.

This side cabinet with 2 drawers & 2 doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the early 20th 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. Squared cabinet in deep reddish brown with two small drawers fitted with ring pulls, over two doors closed by a round black lock plate. Broad block legs carry it. The finish is smooth and glossy. It is 26.25 inches long, 15.75 deep and 24.5 high.

Compact, polished, and perfectly well organized.