Carved Ming Screen, Warm Elm winter-sale Our smaller

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with a fixed panel at either side

Our black lacquer altar cabinet tapers upwards to meet the curved apron at either end of the top surface

extended top makes a wonderful work surface - the wide grain of the elm wood showing through our 'mid elm' finish

Carved Ming Screen, Warm Elm winter-sale Our smallerThe lattice design in the upper panels of this beautiful warm elm screen, made up of individual pieces of wood fitted together with mortis and tenon joints, dates back to Ming dynasty China. The bottom panels are in rattan fitted over wood. The screen panels are based on similar original ones that would form the interior windows or doors of a Chinese house. Fitted together with brass hinges, they make a wonderful room divider in a modern home. Note