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Common sense of furniture materials, careful white wood furniture posing as mahogany furniture
Recently, I went to the antique market to see furniture. I saw some mahogany furniture that was suspicious. I carefully identified it. This kind of furniture is light in weight, thick in texture, and there are many nails. Looking inside, I found traces of white wood in the corner. It turned out that this is the appearance of white wood furniture painted like mahogany furniture, store staff also said that this is a renovated mahogany old furniture. I went to a few furniture stores and found that there are quite a few similar furniture. Here, the consumers are especially reminded: When you choose to buy mahogany furniture, you should carefully identify it and beware of it. So how do you easily identify old furniture?
Generally speaking, the age of old furniture is limited to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, because few furniture was handed down before. The furniture of this period is generally divided into two categories: white wood furniture and mahogany furniture. The so-called white wood is the light color (Figure 1), thick wood, such as eucalyptus, pine, eucalyptus, etc.; so-called mahogany furniture, including red sandalwood, huanghuali, mahogany, ironwood and other hardwood furniture, usually these hardwood The wood grain is fine (Fig. 2), the weight of the component is deep, and the structure is used for all work.
The author found that the old furniture impersonated by white wood furniture, with nails inside, clearly violated the principle of ancient furniture production. Old furniture contains both white wood furniture and mahogany furniture. The wood used in Ming Dynasty furniture is usually red sandalwood, yellow pear, chicken wings, iron wood, nanmu, elm, walnut and so on. Ming furniture features the natural color and texture of wood and the wedge of wood. The shape and decoration are not complicated, paying attention to the scale of each component, paying special attention to the close relationship with various parts of the human body (this is reflected in the furniture of the Song Dynasty). The production is exquisite, the line is rigorous and accurate, and the artistic taste is different. . The Ming Dynasty furniture that has been passed down to the present day is mostly in the late Ming Dynasty, and it is often from the hands of Suzhou artisans. Suzhou is the birthplace of Ming style furniture.
In the early Qing Dynasty, the style of Ming furniture was followed. The choice of wood changed slightly. Because of the scarcity of precious wood such as red sandalwood and huanghuali, furniture made of mahogany and other materials emerged. Before and after Qianlong, a genre was formed and named after the area. Such as "Su Zuo", "Jing Zuo", "Guang Zuo", "Jin Zuo" and so on. During the Republic of China, local furniture also adopted some Western styles to form a unique era. "Jing Zuo" furniture is mostly made by the court. To show the texture and texture of the wood, the texture is usually used in a prominent position and rarely painted. "Beijing" is mostly hardwood furniture. "Su Zuo" furniture is very elaborate. Of course, the texture is good, and it is also used for oncoming and no modification. “Su Zuo†is used to inlaid with eucalyptus, and the decoration methods are more diverse. Ingenious materials, matching reasonably better than other regions.
"Guang Zuo" furniture, coarse material, weight, high backrest, complicated carving, such as in the waist, legs and feet focus on carving, influenced by the Western Ocean, more bent legs, the picture is also mostly Chinese and Western. Most of the materials used in “Guang Zuo†are mahogany.
The Qianlong period was the peak period of the development of furniture in the Qing Dynasty. There were various ways of making decoration, such as snail inlay, gem setting, gold paint and so on.
The furniture styles described above are mostly made of mahogany or hardwood materials. There are also some local style furniture, mostly made of white wood materials, such as Shanxi furniture, Shandong furniture, Fujian furniture and so on.
Furniture material identification knowledge
Red sandalwood: stable wood, no cracking, no warping, easy carving, heavy weight, dark color. For the most expensive wood.
Huanghua pear: stable wood, no cracking and no warping. The color is warm and the texture is clear. The best is the "Grimace", which is second only to the precious wood of red sandalwood.
Chicken wing wood: texture like the feather of chicken wings, black and yellow. Light wood is one of the lighter ones in hardwood.
The chicken wing wood has new and old points, the old color is dark brown and the texture is fine. The new weight, black, is usually a product of the Republic of China and in recent decades.
Ironwood: rough texture, hard, grayish black. The furniture made is rough.
Redwood: The color and weight are between red sandalwood and yellow pear. The output of mahogany furniture is large, which is the bulk of hardwood furniture. Compared with red sandalwood pear, redwood is unstable, and it is easy to deform when exposed to heat and dry.
Elm: weight, hard wood, clear wood grain, slightly yellow pear effect, easy to change. Commonly used wood for furniture in places like Suzhou.
Elm: light body, thick texture, slightly lighter than eucalyptus, small walk, is commonly used in northern furniture.