Antique furniture category I: old materials and new works.
This kind can easily be mistaken for the original.
Although the original factory is damaged a lot, the damaged parts, such as seat surface and back plate, are homogeneous old materials and look almost the same as the original factory.
The second category: parts assembly.
Piece together a new piece of furniture with different parts of old furniture.
For example, add four legs of another chair to a square desktop and add half a table panel to make a table. Although it seems to be all old materials, the basic form of ancient furniture has been lost, but it is essentially an antique because of the imbalance in proportion.
The third category: new materials and new works.
This kind of furniture is not difficult to distinguish from the shape or wood, and the price can be high or low, which can be regarded as ancient new furniture.
There are two ways: one is to refer to the catalogue of Ming furniture and copy it according to the graphics in the book; The other is not paying attention to size, regardless of scale, modern function and classical modeling.
The fourth category: new materials, new works and old works.
Fake goods, which are often said now, give people an antique feeling by modern physical and chemical methods, spraying and corrosion. This kind is the hardest to find and has many collectors.
value
The value of antique furniture in Ming and Qing dynasties includes its artistic value, historical value (cultural relic value) and economic value.
Artistic value mainly refers to the artistic personality and style of a piece of Ming and Qing furniture, as well as the nationality and regionality it embodies.
The more typical its personality and style, the higher its artistic value.
Historical value is also called cultural relic value. The historical position and present function of a certain type of Ming and Qing furniture are mainly determined by its characteristics of the times and the number that has been passed down to this day.
Economic value refers to the market value of Ming and Qing furniture, which is determined by its artistic value, historical value and the relationship between supply and demand.
Application of Antique Furniture in Modern Families Chinese classical furniture, represented by Ming and Qing furniture, combines China's classical traditional culture and traditional skills, and embodies the unique temperament of China's home culture.
Nowadays, Chinese classical furniture with a long history and tradition has shaken off the dust of history and become the new favorite of some fashionable white-collar families, forming a trend of classical furniture and bringing people a unique antique charm.
Classical furniture contains the rich history and culture of the Chinese nation, with rich types and long-standing cultural connotations. It has formed a complete system of Chinese classical furniture from special cars, sedan chairs, tables, chairs, cases, screens and piers to screens, wine cabinets, TV cabinets, display cabinets, closets and treasure cabinets used by ordinary people.
"Classical furniture" combines the ancient charm of ancient furniture with the modern aesthetic pursuit of advocating truth, bringing out the best in each other and beautifying the home life of modern people.
Generally speaking, Ming-style furniture is generous and lively, which embodies a simple and lively style and has the artistic characteristics of "natural carving"; Qing-style furniture, on the other hand, has become a leader in classical furniture because of its exquisite workmanship and elegance.
In recent years, the improvement and reproduction of many classical furniture are mostly carried out along the vein of Ming and Qing furniture. The hardwood furniture of "classical furniture" is mainly in Ming and Qing styles.
The choice method of antique furniture Now many families are pursuing antique style, thinking that this is the classic, so antique furniture also goes with the flow.
So how to create classic antique furniture?
1. Material is preferred.
Mahogany furniture is a traditional hardwood furniture in China, which is divided into Pterocarya stenoptera, Dalbergia odorifera, persimmon, Elaeagnus angustifolia, basswood, rosewood, rosewood, ebony, striped wood and chicken wing wood according to relevant national standards.
These woods are especially precious because they are rare, especially Huang Huali and rosewood.
This material has the advantages of good stability, natural patterns and pleasing colors, and even some materials are valuable. For example, rosewood can stop bleeding and relieve pain, and Huang Huali can lower blood pressure.
Therefore, materials are the first choice for building furniture.
2. The shape should also look good.
The peak of furniture technology development in China can be said to be the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and now many new imitations also refer to these styles.
Ming-style furniture is simple and generous, emphasizing structure, less decoration and paying attention to subtle changes.
While qing-style furniture pays attention to delicacy, emphasizes decoration, neglects structure, and pays attention to the overall gorgeous feeling.
No matter how it changes, the shapes of Ming and Qing furniture are very artistic.
This process must be improved.
The craft of Chinese classical furniture is mainly reflected in the exquisite structure, because all the parts of exquisite furniture can be combined together by splicing, and the tenons around the center plate are put into the through grooves on the four sides, so that the wood board structure is strengthened and there is room for expansion, and at the same time, the wood board can not be exposed to the horizontal line, which increases the aesthetics of the furniture.
shopping tips
The taste of antique furniture: Most of the wooden furniture sold on the market now are wood-based panels except all solid wood furniture.
Therefore, it is particularly important to smell when shopping.
If you make people cry and sneeze, it means that the formaldehyde emission from furniture is relatively high, and there may be problems. Don't go.
Read the report: the consumer asks the dealer for the quality inspection report to see if the formaldehyde emission of furniture is within the allowable range of the standard.
The national standard "Limit of harmful substances in wooden furniture for interior decoration materials" stipulates that the formaldehyde emission in wooden furniture shall not be greater than1.5 mg/L. If the formaldehyde in the purchased wooden furniture exceeds the standard, it should not be used. It is suggested that furniture made of e 1 standard plate can be truly harmless to human body.
Ask the price: Most of the wooden furniture with formaldehyde exceeding the standard uses cheap wood-based panels, so the price of the whole set of wooden furniture is often "ultra-low".
Because cheap wood-based panels use a lot of inferior glue, the formaldehyde emission is seriously exceeding the standard.
Signing a contract: it is best for customers to sign a furniture contract and write environmental protection clauses into the contract.
Publicity: At present, a large number of consumers leave with white notes, receipts, etc. When the dealer's price is low, but complains about quality problems, such irregularity is often difficult to be used as effective evidence, so the dealer must issue a formal one when buying furniture.
Appreciation points
Antique furniture should be measured by the guiding ideology of "type", "art", "material" and "rhyme". Here are some key points to explain:
The first "type" refers to whether the shape of the work is beautiful, such as whether the structure is coordinated and reasonable, whether the decoration arrangement is unified with the form, and whether the overall rhythm of the resignation form is in place.
Form and shape are directly related to the overall grade and taste of a piece of furniture.
Whether the old and new furniture are beautiful is very important, and it is also the premise of purchasing and storing.
When we see furniture with both form and spirit and beautiful shapes, we are often infected by the aesthetic feeling and artistic charm in the furniture, which makes people feel excited, like and even obsessed.
Whether the modeling of a piece of furniture is harmonious and beautiful or not, and its level directly affects the value of a piece of furniture.
For example, a real group of round-backed armchairs, if they are small folk workshops in Hainan Island, are made of precious Hainan Huang Huali wood. However, due to the neglect of modeling and technological treatment, this kind of rough furniture is not practical and lacks artistic value, so it is difficult to be concerned by high-end consumer groups. According to the current market, it is difficult to exceed 200,000 yuan. In recent years, a pair of round-backed armchairs with beautiful shape and exquisite workmanship have appeared in large-scale auctions, and the price is often around.
1.5 million to 3 million, which shows the big gap.
The second "art" is the craft level of furniture.
On the premise that a good designer conceives and designs a harmonious and beautiful furniture shape, it is more necessary for skilled craftsmen to cooperate with each other and complete it with superb and rigorous techniques, such as tenon nail structure arrangement, ergonomic consideration, external grinding and carving, etc. Only with the help of technology, beautiful modeling can be fully reflected.
For the same type of furniture, the time spent on carving and polishing is different, the depth of technology is different, and the effect is far from the same. The difference of workers also directly affects the production cost of furniture.
Therefore, collectors can learn some standard requirements of traditional furniture technology in Ming and Qing dynasties through the introduction of classical books or other ways, and carefully identify the furniture technology level in the market. For example, if you look at a piece of carved furniture, you must see whether its carving technology is vivid and three-dimensional. Simple Ming-style furniture must be carved without approval, but it must be based on the tenon structure of traditional furniture, and the next nail is not allowed, otherwise its value will be greatly reduced.
The third "material" of antique furniture is the wood selected for furniture.
In the case of perfect modeling and craftsmanship, if you add magnificent and precious materials, then form, art and materials will reflect each other and present exquisite works, and the more important "rhyme" will be produced at this time.
Everyone knows the different prices of different materials.
However, it is particularly important to note that even the same material has great elasticity because of the different size, quality grade and price of wood.
For example, some scattered small materials in Huang Huali, Hainan, cost 3,000 to 5,000 pieces per kilogram, while the price of larger plates is as high as 6,000 to 9,000 pieces per kilogram.
I have seen some sea yellow furniture in the domestic market. For example, the seating surfaces of round-backed armchairs are all small pieces of 10, and some round-backed armchairs are double-spliced or single-board large pieces. Of course, their prices cannot be treated equally.
Also, the current price of lobular rosewood is around 200,000, and the better material is between 300,000 and 700,000.
Due to different specifications, the price of Vietnamese Huang Huali is between 600,000 and more than 2 million per ton.
Therefore, when using antique furniture, we must first have a relatively transparent understanding of the current market price of wood. In addition to the above-mentioned market prices of lobular rosewood and yellow gorgeous (Hainan and Vietnam), the current prices of other old rosewood branches range from more than 30,000 to 6 per ton of small materials.
Ten thousand, aniseed ranges from 80,000 to 1.5 thousand, white rosewood and grass flowers are more than 20,000 per ton 1, and four-edged wood and African Huang Huali are about 6,000 to 1 10,000 per ton. Other wood will not be explained one by one.
From these examples, we can see that the price of antique furniture depends on whether its materials are excellent or not, whether it is genuine or not, and also on its shape and technology. The price of precious wood will be greatly reduced if it is not set off by good modeling and technology.
For example, many friends go to Vietnam or other places to buy furniture from Huang Huali in Vietnam and Huang Huali in Hainan, which is very rough from workmanship to modeling. Such furniture certainly has no artistic value, or even poor practicality.
Although its materials are expensive, this kind of ordinary commodity furniture can not reflect its value and art, let alone valuable space, and some of them are even less expensive than the materials used.
Therefore, when buying Tibetan furniture, we should not unilaterally pursue the luxury of wood, but more importantly, whether its shape is beautiful and whether the technology is in place. Only when its shape, art, material and rhyme meet the standards, will it be a work of art worth buying. No matter how expensive wood is, it is priceless.
The fourth "rhyme": this rhyme should be the highest realm of famous green furniture, and the meaning of rhyme is the unique style and charm shown under the condition that types, arts and materials reflect each other.
Ming-style furniture, for example, is beautifully shaped, concise and lively. Qing dynasty furniture is dominated by heavy industry, with exquisite craftsmanship, which fully embodies magnificence, solemnity, luxury and generosity, and makes Ming-style qing-style furniture reach a peak on the basis of unique and beautiful modeling, exquisite craftsmanship and excellent materials selection, forming the first style.
If a piece of furniture can achieve both form and spirit and charm, it is not furniture in a simple sense, it will have more artistic and cultural connotation, and it will also have added value beyond the market price of ultra-dehumidifier.
The same painting and calligraphy, the same specifications, the price of master works is as high as tens of thousands of yuan a square foot, while that of young masters is only a few hundred yuan, and the cost of paper is the same. What's the difference? Is the overall artistic level and charm.
Traditional Ming and Qing furniture was not regarded as an independent art form because of the limitation of the atmosphere at that time, and many charming furniture had no title and could not be found.
Nowadays, with the worldwide upsurge of Ming furniture research, China Ming and Qing furniture has been studied internationally as an independent art form. Therefore, in the later development, more and more attention will be paid to the brand and designer identity of fine Ming and Qing furniture, and different brand values will be given to high-end brands and high-level designers. This is also a very important stage of furniture investment and collection in Ming and Qing dynasties, which should be paid attention to.
Grasp the positioning of your own investment and collection of antique furniture in Ming and Qing dynasties. Only fine furniture can reflect the collection of practical use and appreciation of culture and art, so there is a lot of room for appreciation from the perspective of investment.