Date: Qing (AD 1644-1911)
Dimensions: Length 335 cm, Width 52.5 cm, Height 102 cm
Material: Zitan wood

• Object Type：
  • OTHERS
• Location：
  • Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Gallery
• Tag：
  • table cloud bat lotus qing zitan wood

This so-called trestle table is a panel that places a narrow and a long panel on two trestles of the same shape and pattern. The trestles can be placed under the two ends of the panel or moved inward in isometric distances based on the length of the panel so that the weight of the panel can be evenly distributed and the middle of the panel will not droop. The panel is fully covered with the cloud and bat patterns on four sides in the carving technique called Tidi (carving the plain part of a surface to its ground to emboss the pattern by a half millimeter), while the trestles are carved with the passion flower design of the Western palace style. This kind of carving decoration is commonly seen in the palace furniture of the Qing dynasty which makes antique furniture a combination of Chinese and Western style, forming a delightful contrast.