Gansu Painted Antique Sideboard d100 Great today as containers for

Great today as containers for kindling wood or as newspaper and magazine holders

Two small doors sit centrally within rounded frames

again showing a vase and flowers

they serve perfectly as magazine racks

set above a pair of central paneled cupboard doors secured with traditional circular brass hardware

Gansu Painted Antique Sideboard d100 Great today as containers forGansu, circa 1890 This sideboard is quite typical of the grain chests that were used in the eastern part of China's Gansu province, with creams and reds on the doors contrasting with the outer frames in black. Chests like this would be made normally from pine or, as in this case, poplar wood. This one dates from the end of the nineteenth century and today would make a highly attractive dining sideboard or storage unit. When it was first made the front