Pair of Square Corner Kang Cabinets

In a traditional northern Chinese home, these chests would have been placed on a low, raised platform called a kang (a type of bed) and used to store household objects. The matching cabinets were either placed side by side or arranged symmetrically on the kang to suit the room. Brass hinges and lock plates punctuate the beauty and simplicity of the dark and richly grained northern elmwood.