What are the features of Qing Dynasty chairs?
Pay attention to decoration, various techniques. Emphasis on decoration is the most striking feature. In the Qing Dynasty, artisans used almost all the decorative materials they could use and tried all the decorative techniques they could use. Decorative style is the most used carving and inlay, knife nuanced, ivory carving, bamboo carving, lacquer carving skills and learn from the practices, also a variety of grinder is exquisite, the carved and polished pieces of clear line Leng, smooth like jade.
The western world, good and bad mixed. Western decorative patterns or techniques occupy a considerable proportion, especially the Cantonese style furniture is more obvious. Affected by the Western approximately has two forms, one is using the style and structure of western furniture, although such early part of exports, but failed to form a scale, in the late Qing Dynasty the "western" popular again, mostly not in the west, rough, hard to get in good taste; the second is the traditional shape and structure that part of the adoption of western style or ornamentation. For example, there are the traditional waist chairs with Western lotus pattern carving etc..
Material selection, meticulous work. In the selection of materials, highly praised for deep color, dense texture, fine texture of precious hardwood, rosewood preferred. In the structure of the production, to ensure the appearance of color texture, but also for firmness, often take a wood, rather than wooden mosaic.
Variety, style and changeable, the pursuit of exquisite. There are a lot of previous generations were not the variety and style, style is with countless changes. Take the usual clean armchair as an example, on the basis of its basic structure, artisans have produced numerous variations of styles. Even if every single piece of design also attaches great importance to other changes. In the form of common imitation bamboo, To, imitation bronze, and even fake rockery wooden form. In turn, there are bamboo, rattan, stone imitation wood form.
