Ming Style Huali Chinese Console Table - Circa 1945 Architectural Windows Woods used are elm

Woods used are elm

Date: Contemporary construction using reclaimed teak & mango woods

Each one is unique - wired and PAT tested in our own workshop in the UK

set against a luminous white ground

translated into Chinese as Lohan

Ming Style Huali Chinese Console Table - Circa 1945 Architectural Windows Woods used are elmThis beautiful old Chinese hardwood console table is constructed from huali wood, specifically Vietnamese yellow huali ( yunn hung) a form of rosewood. The wood grain is incredibly decorative this would have been an expensive commission made by a master carpenter. An identical but larger version can be seen in Chinese Domestic Furniture by Gustav Ecke (pl. 66) made in jichimu (chickenwing). There are two possibilities; either this is a this is a