A PAIR OF CHINESE HUANGHUALI AND MIXED HARDWOOD SIDE TABLE (TIAOZHUO) QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY

each with a rectangular floating panel set within a standard mortise and tenon molded frame, supported by three transverse stretchers, the short recessed waist surmounting a shaped and beaded apron, supported on four square section beaded legs terminating in hoof feet (2)

Both tables each with filled repairs to the corners and with thin vertical patch and filled repairs to shrinkage of top panel. The darker table with a patch and filled repair to one leg near the base and a rectangular patch repair to the top of another leg. The other table is much lighter in color from sun exposure. The aprons of both tables are later additions.
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Although often made in pairs, it is rare to find a surviving example. The present pair is also unusual for its shaped apron without arched stretchers below. However, this simple, elegant form was one of the most successful among classical Chinese furniture and therefore prone to slight variation; waisted and waistless examples, those with and without stretchers, and both square and side tables.