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Side Table with Everted Ends
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineSide 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
