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Side Table with Everted Ends

Side Table with Everted Ends

late 1500s–1600s
(1368–1644)
redwood veneer and camphor wood
Overall: 88 x 51.8 cm (34 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1955.42
Location: 240B Chinese Decorative Arts

Did You Know?

Camphor wood is excellent for furniture making because of its attractive wood grain patterns and its distinctive scent that repels insects.

Description

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.
  • George N. Kates [1895-1990]
    ?-1955
    Mrs. R. Henry [Emery May Holden] Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1955-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Kates, George N., Caroline Frances Bieber, Beatrice M. Kates, and Hedda Morrison. Chinese Household Furniture. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948. Reproduced: pl. 29, p. 78
    Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Domestic Furniture.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art, vol. 44, no. 3, 1957, pp. 48–53. Reprodued: p. 51 www.jstor.org
    Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield. Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Chʼing Dynasties. New Fairfield, CT: Robert H. Ellsworth, 1997. Mentioned: no. 58, p. 160; Reproduced: p. 250
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