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Antique low sideboard in pine with two doors – China, circa 1930
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This antique low sideboard in solid pine, with two flush doors and a washed patina, is a domestic piece from northwest China around 1930. It bears no maker’s mark and is described by typology and region.
Sideboards from Gansu, along the ancient Silk Road, kept the quiet structure of northwest domestic furniture: a generous case set on a shaped apron, with flush doors and ring pulls. They were central pieces of the living room, holding bedding, tableware and family belongings.
The frame is built with blind mortise-and-tenon joinery. The top is assembled from wide pine boards butt-joined together, with perimeter ribs framing the whole. The two flush doors swing on dowel pivots and close with original wrought-iron rings. A plain apron completes the front.
The patina shows the characteristic pale tone of pine washed by time, with strong grain and darker zones in the rebates and rails where wood concentrates wear. The piece keeps no significant paint traces — its reading is bare exposed pine, not a polychrome cabinet.
It works as a long living-room sideboard, a low TV cabinet in larger rooms or a console along a wall. Its quiet volume and straw patina sit naturally in wabi-sabi, japandi or rustic-contemporary interiors alongside natural textiles and craft ceramics.
Details
Ref.: AM34130
Materials and techniques: Solid pine wood; mortise-and-tenon joinery; flush doors with wrought-iron ring pulls
Place of origin: Gansu (China)
Period: Republican period
Date of manufacture: Circa 1930
Dimensions: Length 148 cm – Depth 40 cm – Height 85 cm
Condition: Good. Natural patina and wear consistent with age and use. May show signs of use.
This piece is part of the curated collection of Amaru Antiques, Barcelona.
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Additional details:
- Brand: AMARU
- Style: Qing Dynasty
- Style: Chinese
- Style: Republican Period
- Material: Pine
- Material: Wrought Iron
- Colour: Pine
- Colour: Straw
- Period: 1930s
Specifications
ConditionGoodHeight148 cmWidth40 cmDepth85 cm
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ProfessionalGelida (Barcelona), SpainOn Whoppah since July 2026 • 0 sales