Antique low sideboard in pine wood, traditional Chinese furniture originating from Gansu and dated circa 1930. Originates from Gansu, in northwestern China, from the early 20th century, where local pine was worked using mortise-and-tenon joinery without nails, with a sober copper-toned finish.
In the Hexi corridor, long low sideboards held a discreet place in the main room or in the antechamber. Their reduced height matched the custom of living close to the floor and the presence of the kang. They served both as a support surface and as horizontal storage furniture.
Built in solid pine using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery, without nails. The case articulates a wide open central niche and two small lateral doors with iron latch-style pulls. The sides are resolved as solid lateral plates, without exposed legs. The top is a single continuous horizontal plane.
The patina retains a warm copper tone over the pine, with visible grain and a matte sheen. The surface shows marks, small finish losses and traces of use integrated into the surface, proper to a rural domestic piece preserved without intrusive restoration.
It fits naturally in minimalist, wabi-sabi or contemporary rustic interiors. It works as a low TV sideboard, a bench-sideboard in an entrance or a horizontal console facing a long sofa. Its copper tone sets it apart from lighter versions and gives it a chromatic presence of its own.
Details
- Dimensions: Length 152 cm – Width 20 cm – Height 22 cm
- Style: Chinese northwestern provincial furniture
- Materials and techniques: Solid pine; mortise-and-tenon joinery without nails, two lateral doors, open central niche, iron latch-style pulls, copper-toned finish
- Place of origin: Gansu, China
- Period: Early Republic of China (circa 1930)
- Date of manufacture: Circa 1930
- Condition / Notes: Sound structure. Original patina. Marks and small finish losses. Wear consistent with age and use.
This piece is part of the collection of Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.
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