Large solid teak opium coffee table, elephant legs

This opium coffee table is magnificent. It has both the warm charm of a teak coffee table that brings a nice touch of exoticism. This rectangular coffee table will add elegance and functionality to your living room, in the middle of an exotic or ethnic decor but not only ... Simple, elegant and short on legs, the opium table will delight your guests with its orientalist touch. No snags, no missing parts, simple traces of use, treated wood. Dimensions: length 120 cm, depth 60 cm, height 35 cm. For the record: Chinese coffee tables in fine oriental wood date from the 19th century, in the middle of the Qing dynasty. The dimensions of this piece of furniture, quite considerable, refer to its original function: in fact, it serves as an opium bed, on which customers lie down. This type of bed is found in the special smoking rooms that, from the first decades of the nineteenth century, spread widely throughout China and were gradually frequented by people belonging to all social classes. In the center of the table is a typical woven rattan panel, with characteristic so-called "elephant" legs folded inside.