1. How to buy qing dynasty furniture?
1, look at the legs and feet of the furniture for signs of fading and soaking in water. In the humid areas in the south, furniture is usually placed directly in the mud, which will happen after a long time.
2. See if the patina is natural. Generally, there will be natural patina in the position where the user's hands often contact. The new imitation patina is either unnatural or made in a place that is not often touched.
3, look at the copper live parts. If the copper pieces of old mahogany furniture are original, it will take decades or even hundreds of years to polish by hand. Copper movable parts include face pages, hinges, handles, corners, panels, locks, etc. Some furniture with better materials will be made of white copper, which will give off a faint silver light after a long time, which makes people think.
4. Look at the signs of renovation. After renovation, some cloth chairs will leave many nail holes in the original chair ring. This kind of chair is old. Some rattan chairs, the original rattan surface rotten, will leave rattan eyes, you can see it when you turn it over.
5. Then, look at the wood grain. Some furniture will have uneven wood grain on the surface, but we should look carefully to see if it is hard rubbed out with a wire brush and whether it is worthy of the original wood grain. Hard-ground wood grain always has an unnatural feeling.
2. What are the advantages of mahogany furniture in Qing Dynasty?
1, practical value mahogany furniture is made of hard, dense and precious wood, with gorgeous texture and elegant color, which makes the furniture itself durable, moth-eaten and not afraid of acid and alkali corrosion. It can be called the king of wood, and its service life is measured in a hundred years.
2. Scarcity of materials The preciousness of mahogany furniture is not only because mahogany is a scarce resource, but also determined by the unique growth mode of mahogany. Indian lobular rosewood is also very rare, but it takes more than 100 years for Huanghua pear to grow, and it takes thousands of years for Indian lobular rosewood. The other raw materials of mahogany are also decreasing year by year, which directly leads to the double appreciation of the price of finished furniture.
3. Inheriting the value mahogany furniture is an important part of historical relics. It is not only a practical handicraft, but also has a clear social function. It is an important witness to the historical development of a country and a nation, and it embodies the historical footprint of human civilization and progress. Modern home environment, one or two pieces of mahogany furniture like cultural relics, has a cultural charm, which guides our thoughts to have a sense of historical extension.
4, artistic value A good mahogany furniture is not only a work of art, but also a spiritual permanent artistic enjoyment. As far as artistic achievements are concerned, China ancient furniture has made great achievements, and the key to its success lies in plastic arts. It pursues verve, extracts and refines various natural images, and naturally blends them into the modeling design of furniture.
Qing dynasty furniture is precious, so you must know how to buy it. Of course, we should also clearly understand the maintenance methods of furniture stores in the Qing Dynasty. The above is Bian Xiao's introduction to qing dynasty furniture's purchasing methods and the advantages of mahogany furniture in Qing Dynasty, which ends here.