Side Table with Everted Ends, late 1500s-1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe classic Chin
Side Table with Everted Ends, late 1500s-1600s, Cleveland Museum of Art: Chinese ArtThe classic Chinese furniture is an art of carpentry and joinery, which makes use of a mortise-and-tenon framework. Design and craftsmanship, coupled with the organic material of the hardwood, create endless aesthetic possibilities. This side table is beautifully carved with cloud-collar spandrels on the aprons as well as openwork panels with cloud-collar patterns inset between the legs and the feet. The table has a narrow top in proportion to its length and bears the detail of the upturned ends that makes it more formal, and possibly used as an altar table.Size: Overall: 88 x 51.8 cm (34 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.)Medium: redwood veneer and camphor woodhttps://clevelandart.org/art/1955.42 -- source link
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