{"id":274435,"date":"2026-04-17T15:53:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&p=274435"},"modified":"2026-04-27T12:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T10:41:06","slug":"antique-chinese-sideboard-in-elm-wood-shanxi-circa-1920-am34077","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-chinese-sideboard-in-elm-wood-shanxi-circa-1920-am34077\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique Chinese sideboard in elm wood \u2013 Shanxi, circa 1920"},"content":{"rendered":"

Antique Chinese sideboard in solid elm<\/strong>, originally from Shanxi and dated toward 1920. A large-scale functional storage and display piece, sitting between a\u00a0Chinese sideboard<\/em> and a architectural transitional furniture<\/em>, representative of northern Chinese furniture of large presence<\/em> from the early twentieth century.<\/p>\n

In principal rooms and representation spaces of Shanxi homes in the early twentieth century, large sideboards served functions of maximum importance: they created display surfaces for prized collections, provided monumental storage beneath gallery of framed works, offered elegant visual presence without occupying excessive depth. The proportioned height \u2014 76 cm \u2014 allowed absolute character. The extraordinary width \u2014 203 cm \u2014 created a noble horizontal silhouette. The very compact depth \u2014 40 cm \u2014 was ideal for long galleries. Sideboards from Shanxi of this scale are not very common.<\/p>\n

It is constructed in solid local elm with a front probably organized in multiple panels or doors, and a very generous top board. The sides maintain clear and proportional lines. The legs, of square section, are appropriately scaled to the monumental whole. Carpentry employs traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery without nails. The construction is completely honest and the structure is visibly very solid.<\/p>\n

The patina preserves the character of aged Shanxi elm: very uniform and warm settled tone, entirely legible grain showing characteristic northern texture, soft matte sheen polished by decades. The top board shows very discrete natural marks. The structure is absolutely solid. The proportions are its visual identity.<\/p>\n

Through its proportions and architectural balance, it sits naturally in interiors celebrating scale \u2014 large galleries, gallery rooms, expansive transitional spaces \u2014 where it functions as a sideboard, large furniture beneath collections, structural element that defines space, or piece that creates an architectural visual foundation. Its honest structure is its greatest value.<\/p>\n

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