Chinese Style Coffee Table
Material: Black Walnut I first came to admire the timeless qualities of antique Chinese furniture on a youthful visit to the Philadelphia Art Museum, which has a wonderful collection of Chinese pieces as well as a complete scholar's study. Even in the 16th century, this furniture had a calm, clarity, and beauty of proportion which contrasts with the boxy, fussy, and clumsy European work of the same era. In this piece I tried to capture the strength and serenity of a 16th century original with particular attention to the legs, muscular but graceful. It is by no means a reproduction, however, as the delightfully complex, puzzle-like joinery of the antiques, which is now largely unnecessary thanks to modern glues, would have pushed the cost beyond the reasonable. I'd have liked to try it, though.
My shop has been in business for almost twenty years making furniture, cabinets, and architectural specialties for residential and commercial customers. I have worked in a number of styles, chiefly using native hardwoods. I enjoy working with clients to design pieces that will deliver a functional, esthetic, and imaginative satisfaction that mass-market products cannot match. Area Served: Southeast PA,with some clients as far as Greenwich CT and Southampton NY  HOME |
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