{"id":279900,"date":"2026-05-27T12:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T10:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&p=279900"},"modified":"2026-06-04T10:37:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T08:37:54","slug":"antique-long-low-cabinet-painted-in-pine-wood-china-circa-1930-am34155","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-long-low-cabinet-painted-in-pine-wood-china-circa-1930-am34155\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique long low cabinet painted in pine wood \u2013 China, circa 1930"},"content":{"rendered":"

This antique long low cabinet painted in pine wood<\/strong> features a narrow horizontal structure<\/em> with small drawers and a small door<\/em> on the right side, over a vermilion red painted ground with softened floral motifs. It originates from northern China, from the late Qing dynasty, where pine was worked using traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery.<\/p>\n

Long low cabinets in Chinese tradition were placed on the floor in domestic rooms and served as auxiliary shelves for small objects \u2014 tea ware, books, ritual items \u2014 beside the heated kang<\/em> or as a support beneath a window. Their minimal height and reduced depth belong to the intimate domestic register of northern Chinese furniture.<\/p>\n

The body is built in solid pine. The front combines three small aligned drawers with circular hand-forged iron pulls and a small square door on the right end with a simple latch. The structure is very narrow \u2014 only 21 cm deep \u2014 and low \u2014 30 cm tall. The construction is traditional Chinese mortise-and-tenon, without metal fasteners.<\/p>\n

The painted decoration keeps floral motifs in dark ink over a vermilion red ground. The pigments have softened with use and let the pine show through in contact areas, giving the surface a warm and layered reading. The palette combines an intense vermilion red, warm tones of exposed pine and natural oxidation on the iron hardware.<\/p>\n

With its narrow and low form, this piece plays a clear role in contemporary interiors. It works as a low shelf under a window, as a low console at the foot of a bed, as a decorative support in a wide hallway or as a horizontal stand in Asian-inspired rooms. It suits wabi-sabi, japandi, contemporary rustic and minimalist interiors with a warm accent.<\/p>\n

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