subject: Seven Strokes On The Eyes That Make You Into A Refined Connoisseur Of Classical Furniture - [print this page] What is classical Furniture Classical Furniture The concept should include two aspects, one is a collection of valuable old furniture, mainly referring to the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty 45 centuries produced furniture, this period is the peak of traditional furniture making. This period because the development of commodity economy, making the community on furniture demand, coupled with the open sea trade, produced in the vicinity of Hainan and southeast Asia to enter the mainland precious hardwood, craftsmen were able to use the hard fine, elegant color and pattern China and the United States of precious wood, to create a lot of sophisticated technology of furniture, some furniture can be spread so far. However, this part of the furniture already has a heritage value, and therefore expensive. Now on the market are from the private collection of old furniture come, and then restored order after the sale. Some well-preserved old furniture, parts missing is not broken, after technical treatment, can be restored. This furniture according to the different materials, prices are cheap. There are only some of the components, such as only the desktop is a genuine part, after repair, re-production coupled with legs and other parts, both parts of the furniture is worth collecting. Because of scarcity of raw materials, from folk to buy less and less of the old furniture, sold a little piece, so the old furniture is not only up down. Another is the imitation of Ming and Qing style furniture, modern technology workers since the Ming and Qing furniture, inherited the manufacturing process, and Sell Furniture, classical furniture, but it should also be made to spend a good material, and therefore very expensive prices.
Ming furniture why are most vulnerable to imitation?
Classical furniture collections from the market point of view, Ming furniture is the phenomenon of imitation is most serious, then why the counterfeiters favorite imitation of Ming furniture? One is that age-old, survived the Ming Dynasty furniture is not much in kind. Chinese classical furniture from the Ming and Early Qing Dynasties (15th to 17th century) has finally come to its peak, the period known as the "golden age of Chinese classical furniture."
At that time, convenience in transportation, a large number of imported hardwood timber such as rosewood, pear, mahogany have been the upper class and a favorite of scholars, including color, elegant, beautiful rosewood pattern high-end furniture to become the first choice for production of materials. Made of wood, such as the south and close to Mesua ferrea pear, beech, North Korea wood, walnut wood large number of widely used, which was also used for decorative wood and boxwood and gall specializing in cabinet of camphor and so is widely used in decoration in relief, Loudiao and various curve linear in both rich in another control, making this period of furniture hardness and softness, Xilian in showing delicate. Copper-nickel alloy hinges, handles, fasteners or other accessories just right for the decoration of furniture adds an effective role in the colors also complement each other.
Is called Suddenly, both for collectors or for the users, can have a piece of Ming furniture was them as great wealth. Another auction from Hong Kong and the UK Guardian Sotheby's have recently heard of Ming furniture auction prices reached new highs, news, Ming furniture is one of the reasons the proliferation of counterfeit.
