Chinese Wood Writing Table

The paint has rubbed back on every edge a hand would touch, and the legs curve out into neat little pad feet.

This writing table comes from China and is contemporary, in scrubbed pine. Scrubbed finishes, where paint and wood are worn back on purpose, generally take their cue from old country furniture cleaned and used for generations. The rectangular top is raw pale pine with a weathered surface. The apron and cabriole legs are painted cream, with the wood showing through along corners and edges. The legs taper to small pad feet. It is 36 inches wide, 20 deep and 30.75 high.

It looks as if it has written a great many letters, and kept none of them.