Chinese Wardrobe with 3 Drawers & 8 Carved-Lattice Doors

Paneled doors with lattice windows up top and in the middle, in a tall frame.

This wardrobe with 3 drawers & 8 carved-lattice doors is from Shanxi Province, China, and dates to the mid 19th century. It is elm wood. Once China slowly opened to visiting diplomats and businessmen, a trickle of antique furniture leaving the country became a flood that lasted through the 1980s, the 1990s and into the early 2000s. Eight door panels arranged in two tiers. Upper panels and the middle row hold geometric openwork, while the lower panels are solid. A row of three shallow drawers sits near the bottom, and short plain legs support the body. It is 53 inches long, 17 deep and 83 high.

Peek-a-boo storage with beautifully tidy joinery.