Carved Console Table, Light Elm Buddha hand cut dovetail joints

hand cut dovetail joints

The spaces behind the fixed panels either side of the doors are accessible

made with a metal wire frame and a red canvas shade

The chest has some wonderful carved decoration both on the five drawers and on the apron and spandrels

Made from solid elm with dovetailed drawers and brass ring pull handles

Carved Console Table, Light Elm Buddha hand cut dovetail jointsThis stunning light elm piece is a reproduction of desks that were common in China during the later Qing dynasty, used by the scholarly classes in Beijing. Ideal used as a modern day console table with a beautiful lattice shelf at the bottom. The design of this low lattice shelf harks back to earlier door and window panels in Chinese homes and is made in the same way each individual piece of wood fitting into the next with mortise and tenon joints.