Carved Console Table, Black Lacquer autumn each divided into 3 sections

each divided into 3 sections

The inside is finished in a dark wood stain

In this case there is an auspicious 'ruyi' symbol in open carving on each chair above a Chinese unicorn ('kylin') in relief

they were also known in Chinese as 'Grand Tutor Chairs' (taishi yi)

The middle backrest is carved in relief with a 'ruyi'

Carved Console Table, Black Lacquer autumn each divided into 3 sectionsThe lovely carved lattice design of the low shelf, on our black lacquer console, 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. Great as a modern day console table with a beautiful lattice shelf at the bottom, this piece is a reproduction of desks that were common in China during the later Qing dynasty, used by the scholarly