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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. <br><br>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.
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132990
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Side Table with Everted Ends
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132990
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object
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Side Table with Everted Ends
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. <br><br>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.
date
late 1500s–1600s
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60751318
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Furniture and woodwork
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1
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Overall: 88 x 51.8 cm (34 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.)
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China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)
accession
1955.42
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redwood veneer and camphor wood
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Side Table with Everted Ends, late 1500s–1600s. China, Ming dynasty (1368–1644). Redwood veneer and camphor wood; overall: 88 x 51.8 cm (34 5/8 x 20 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1955.42
collection
China - Ming Dynasty
didYouKnow
Camphor wood is excellent for furniture making because of its attractive wood grain patterns and its distinctive scent that repels insects.
citations
citation
Kates, George N., Caroline Frances Bieber, Beatrice M. Kates, and Hedda Morrison. <em>Chinese Household Furniture</em>. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1948.
page_number
Reproduced: pl. 29, p. 78
citation
Lee, Sherman E. “Chinese Domestic Furniture.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>, vol. 44, no. 3, 1957, pp. 48–53.
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Reprodued: p. 51
citation
Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield. <em>Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Chʼing Dynasties</em>. New Fairfield, CT: Robert H. Ellsworth, 1997.
page_number
Mentioned: no. 58, p. 160; Reproduced: p. 250
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The Norweb Collection
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Clara T. Rankin Galleries of Chinese Art
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2026-05-29 06:50:31.433000
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132990
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Chinese Art
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China - Ming Dynasty
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redwood veneer and camphor wood
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