Dongbei Sideboard with Floral Paintings colour-brown The simple but carefully executed

The simple but carefully executed joinery

Use it in a living room for display or as a book cabinet in a home office

Typically stacked in twos or threes in bedrooms or placed on top of cabinets to store winter clothes or bedding

It would once have been fitted as an internal window panel in the western Chinese province of Gansu

where it would have been used as a low altar table

Dongbei Sideboard with Floral Paintings colour-brown The simple but carefully executedDongbei, circa 1920 This captivating sideboard boasts a vibrant red lacquer finish and striking geometric paintings features commonly seen on cabinets produced in China's northeast 'Dongbei' region. In addition to providing storage space for valuable or everyday items, these intricately painted sideboards were also used as home altars for honouring ancestors. What sets this particular sideboard apart is its two removable half board panels, an original