Rounded Corner Cabinet: Narrow Top, Wide Bottom Taper

A pair of round-corner cabinets. The four upright posts of the cabinet body have circular cross-sections, making the four corners rounded; more crucially, there is a taper—the upper edge of the cabinet body is narrower than the lower edge, and all four upright posts tilt slightly inward, so the entire cabinet forms a trapezoid that is wider at the bottom and narrower at the top, ensuring stable重心 and a visually upward收束. The top has an overhanging top board with rounded edges. The doors are two single-panel doors that open outwards, rotating on wooden pivots rather than metal hinges; in the center of the doors is a removable vertical stile, with a simple brass faceplate and a circular pull handle. The wood is dark hardwood, and the wood grain on the door panels is symmetrical. Avoid: making the cabinet body of equal width top and bottom without taper, using square-section upright posts and sharp corners, adding metal hinges and modern hardware, adding carvings to the door panels.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一對圓角櫃。櫃體的四根立柱是圓形斷面的,四角因此是圓潤的;更關鍵的是收分——櫃體的上緣比下緣窄,四根立柱都略微向內傾斜,因此整個櫃子是一個下大上小的梯形,重心穩定、視覺上向上收束。頂部有一塊向外挑出的頂板,邊緣做圓角。門是兩扇對開的獨板門,靠木軸旋轉而不是金屬合頁;門中央有一根可拆的立栓,上有一個簡潔的銅製面葉與圓環拉手。木料是深色硬木,門板的木紋左右對稱。避免:把櫃體做成上下等寬沒有收分、使用方形斷面的立柱與銳利的四角、加入金屬合頁與現代五金、在門板上加雕花。