How to identify Ming and Qing furniture

The Ming style furniture is simple and simple, unconstrained and regular, and the furniture of the Qing Dynasty is exquisite and graceful.

Ming-style furniture is mainly made of yellow pear wood, and other wood is rarely used. The huanghuali wood furniture, more tables, chairs, cabinets, no inlays and carvings, only very few carvings. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, due to lack of huanghuali wood, it was made into rosewood. Rosewood furniture is very small, the wood is generally eight inches wide, the wood is good, the carving is less, and the inlay is not made. According to experts, there are more than a dozen kinds of rosewood wood, according to different materials, the price difference is larger, the most expensive is Venus rosewood.

After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, wenge, rosewood, ironwood, rosewood, etc. were gradually used, while new furniture was mostly made of rosewood and mahogany. Rosewood furniture, large pieces, more engraving patterns, embedded jade and teeth, stone, wood, snail, cloisonne and so on. Rosewood furniture is also multi-carved, multi-inlaid, and many modern products. The style of furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties varied and often changed. In the Ming Dynasty, the ring chair, the four-headed official hat chair, the rounded cabinet, and the big painting case were designed. On the basis of continuing the Ming style of furniture, the Qing Dynasty also designed unique furniture, such as the mahogany Fushou Ruyi Taishi Chair, Xuanqin case, rosewood stool, nail-studded pier and other furniture.

In addition, it can also be judged from the selection methods such as material selection, line foot, engraving, and inlay. Ming made a lot of hardwood into furniture, but also made full use of its beautiful patterns. In many furniture treasures, the best materials can be seen in the most prominent parts of the furniture, such as: face board, door board, drawer face and back board, etc., are made of beautiful materials to achieve decorative effects.

Classical furniture uses lacquer and hot wax. It is suitable to use beeswax containing 95% wax, then wipe the wax to make the surface of the furniture bright and clean, and the corners are smooth. The carving process is exquisite, creative, and the stone has an abstract style, the lines are elegant, dry and full, not afraid of cracking. Modern imitation Ming and Qing furniture is replaced by paint. The interface has saw marks, mass production, new stone materials, complicated lines, easy to crack and deform, and nailed with glue. The ancient furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties was very heavy, while the new furniture was lighter. Just touch it and know about it.

Decanter Glass

A decanter glass is a type of glassware specifically designed for decanting and serving wine or spirits. It is typically made of clear glass and has a wide base and a narrow neck. The wide base allows the wine or spirit to aerate, enhancing its flavor and aroma, while the narrow neck helps to prevent the sediment from being poured into the glass. Decanter glasses often have a stopper or lid to keep the contents fresh and prevent spills. They come in various shapes and sizes, depending on the type of wine or spirit being served.

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