A SOUTHERN ELM (JUMU) RECESSED-LEG PAINTING TABLE WITH FRETWORK APRON 17TH CENTURY

of rectangular form with a single board joined to slightly splayed cylindrical legs by mortises and tenons, the legs secured by a humpbacked stretcher in the form of a rounded angular apron with further cylindrical vertical struts, a further pair of humpbacked stretchers securing the legs on the shorter sides

Jerry J. Chen and Christophe W. Mao, The Chinese Scholar's Mind. Chinese Furniture from Ming to Early Qing Dynasties, Chambers Fine Art, New York, 2001, p. 31.