Carved Console Table, Warm Elm d110 This chest in light elm

This chest in light elm is a modern interpretation rather than a reproduction

Available in warm elm to show the rich grain of the elm wood

They are also deep enough to hold DVDs if placed with the spine facing upwards

They come with brass fittings at the top so that they can be mounted on a wall and the effect of the resulting shadows against a wall in the evening light is particularly striking

In ancient China they would normally be made in either red or black lacquer and

Carved Console Table, Warm Elm d110 This chest in light elmGreat as a modern day console table with a beautiful lattice shelf at the bottom, this warm elm piece is a reproduction of desks that were common in China during the later Qing dynasty, used by the scholarly classes in Beijing. The lovely carved lattice design of the low 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. The