Low Carved Altar Table Rustic Low tables and cabinets were

Low tables and cabinets were in use from early on in China's history

This type of cabinet was common throughout China where large versions like this were used to store clothes and other items

Produced by the Miao people

thereby preventing theives from stealing the contents without disturbing him

These simple side tables are in an unsual style for Chinese furniture

Low Carved Altar Table Rustic Low tables and cabinets wereShanxi, circa 1860 This lovely low table would make a wonderful, unusual TV stand in a modern home, or could be used as a coffee table. It was produced in Shanxi province towards the end of the nineteenth century, where it would have been used as a low altar table. Placed on a home's 'kang' the raised platform that would be heated from below and provide the main living space during colder months the table would provide a surface for ancestor