Item:X610(Zhongshan)

Name:Weathered dining table
Size : 40*44*83 cm
Period : reproduction
Material:elm
Origin:Guangdong

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Chinese antique furniture description:
Ancient Chinese furniture has a fine reputation in modern

China and the West alike, Chinese ancient furniture

features profound cultural facts and superb craftsmanship.

The furniture was mostly made from precious wood, in the

Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1616-1911) dynasties. It is

widely recognized as the best, because furniture before

the Ming Dynasty did not survive wars and time,

traditional Chinese furniture craftsmanship did not reach

its zenith until the Ming Dynasty. It reached a high level of

aesthetic success and could even claim a place in the

history of world furniture.
Chinese furniture was usually lacquered red or black and

then painted, and often carved and sometimes inlaid with

other materials such as precious stones, etc.Ming

Dynasty funiture is known for its simplicity with sparse

lines and little decoration while Qing furniture emphasizes

detail and extravagance. Furniture from southern China

tends to be very elaborate whereas northern furniture is

big, heavy and grand.

Ming Dynasty Furniture: Ming furniture is simple with

sparse lines and little decoration. It usually features fine

and durable precious woods, such as mahogany,

sandalwood, rose wood etc. In the Ming Dynasty, the

demand for fine furniture, the ample supply of wood and

the highly developed tenon-mortise technology all

facilitated the success of the Ming furniture. Craftsmen of

the Ming Dynasty used the succinct language of art to

express their inner feelings, and combined ingeniously

with the beauty of simplicity and quietness. So the Ming

furniture usually has simple structures, unique shapes and

minimal decorations which would reserve the natural

beauty of the wood. Lines were ingeniously applied to

emphasize details such as the back of an armchair and

the legs and resting bars of chairs and tables. Main

emphasis was placed on the application of the natural

beauty of the wood texture and adopting latticework and

openwork carving. On eye-striking places such as the

backs of armchairs, there would be simple patterns by

relief engraving or openwork carving.

Qing Dynasty Furniture: In the early Qing Dynasty,

furniture inherited characteristics of the Ming Dynasty,

from the reign of Emperor Yongzheng to Emperor Jiaqing.

After political power as stabilized and the economy

improved, people began to pay more attention to more

material things in there lives, and demanded decorative

and luxurious furnishings, gaudiness and sumptuousness

were a basic features of Qing furniture which was usually

heavy and sizable, featuring exquisitely carved patterns.

Some pieces were carved from head to foot and had

inlays of stone, mother-of-pearl, porcelain, metal, and

enamel. Qing furniture had curved decorations and

exaggerated shapes that demanded attention. Chinese

traditional furniture has a strong aesthetic appeal due to

its apparently simple lines and the fact that it makes use

of "natural materials" such as the finest hardwoods-no

fusty stuffed couches here. Ready comparisons can be

made to Danish furniture, with its sparse lines. With

Chinese furniture, you see what you get. Nothing is

hidden, and the wood is polished, stained or lacquered to

evoke its natural earthiness and grainy patterns.Chinese

furniture reached a pinnacle of fine design and

workmanship from the sixteenth centuries, the later part of

the Ming period. Fine furniture is characterized by

restrained and elegant designs and complex joinery that

held the furniture together without glue or nails.