{"id":282671,"date":"2026-06-15T13:05:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T11:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.com\/?post_type=product&p=282671"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:03:18","slug":"antique-low-table-in-pine-wood-china-circa-1890-am29024","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/amaruantiques.stg.uzero.cat\/en\/antique-furniture\/antique-low-table-in-pine-wood-china-circa-1890-am29024\/","title":{"rendered":"Antique low table in pine wood \u2013 China, circa 1890"},"content":{"rendered":"

This antique low table in pine wood<\/strong> is a Chinese coffee table<\/em> with a thick plank top<\/em> raised on four legs joined by stretchers, built with mortise-and-tenon joinery. It originates from northern China, from the late Qing dynasty, where solid pine was worked with traditional joints and no metal hardware.<\/p>\n

Broad low tables of this kind held the centre of the room in the Chinese home, serving as a surface for tea and meals and as a gathering point at low height. Their sturdiness and formal simplicity answered to intense, everyday use.<\/p>\n

The top is solid pine of good thickness, set on straight-section legs braced by stretchers. The joints are mortise-and-tenon, fitted by hand, and the wood keeps the tool marks on its edges and ends. The whole is stable and notably heavy.<\/p>\n

The patina is warm and uneven, born of use: the pine shows its grain and knots beneath a soft wear, with tones from honey to chestnut and small marks and dents that tell its story. The surface reads as living, not over-restored, wood.<\/p>\n

Its broad proportion and low height suit use as a living-room coffee table in front of a sofa, or as a large-surface tea table. It fits wabi-sabi, japandi, contemporary rustic and Asian-feeling interiors, where it brings presence and an honest working surface.<\/p>\n

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