Su-style, Cantonese-style, Beijing-style, detailing the three major schools of classical furniture

Based on local style

In different geographical environments and historical backgrounds

The three major schools of the Soviet Union, Cantonese style and Beijing style have evolved.

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In China, the most common classical Chinese solid wood furniture is the furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Ming and Qing Dynasties conquered many collectors and furniture lovers with its simple, noble and long-lasting Chinese charm.

The thick mahogany color, the clear texture trend, the timeless new; unique historical production process, vivid image carving, giving people full of artistic enjoyment, containing the profound cultural charm of ancient China, Ming and Qing furniture reputation worldwide .

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, furniture was based on local style. In different geographical environments and different historical backgrounds, due to the differences in aesthetic habits and cultural heritage, a furniture genre with different styles and different styles was formed. The three major schools, the Cantonese style and the Beijing style, are the most famous.

Su-style furniture

/ Style is generous, elegant and elegant, size fit /

The furniture production in the Ming and Qing Dynasties was mainly concentrated in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River centered on Jiangsu Province. The furniture production in Suzhou, Yangzhou and Songjiang in Jiangsu Province is famous for a while, and Su-style furniture can also be said to be the origin and foundation of Ming-style furniture.

Graceful, clean and elegant

Most of the sculptures in Su-style furniture are piled up in small pieces. The large-scale engraving of the whole edition is extremely rare. The common mosaic materials are jade, ivory, Luodian, colored stones of various colors, and various wood carvings are made of chicken wings. many.

Strong overall feeling, smooth lines

Su-style furniture is made in a single piece of wood, which is connected up and down, and there is no obvious separation of the parts. The large objects of Su-style furniture are mostly "inlaid", that is, the wood is used as the skeleton, and the hardwood sheet is stuck on the outside. This kind of inlaying method is time-consuming and laborious, and the technical requirements are also high, but the good package is inlaid with furniture. After careful observation and hand touch, it is difficult to conclude that the package is inlaid and the overall feel of the furniture is better.

Proportion of proportion, size

In the Ming Dynasty, the style of the Soviet-style furniture, the size of the space, have been repeatedly scrutinized, even reaching a point that is longer than one point, and one point is shorter. Even if it is furnishings, there is a set of specifications that adapt to each other.

Cantonese furniture

/ Unique craftsmanship, complicated carvings, delicate lines /

In the Ming Dynasty, solid wood furniture was dominated by Soviet-style furniture; in the Qing Dynasty, there appeared Cantonese-style furniture, which was popular in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. As an important producer of solid wood furniture, although Guangzhou is later than Suzhou, its development is extremely rapid, with outstanding achievements and distinctive features.

Exquisite carvings, delicate lines

Different from the carving style of Soviet-style small blocks, Cantonese-style furniture generally has a large area of ​​engraving and decoration, and the lines are exquisite. It is no exaggeration to say that every high-grade wide-style furniture is a beautifully carved art. .

All kinds of carving techniques are used to the fullest, such as relief, high carving, through carving, round carving, three-dimensional carving and so on. The engraving area is wide and deep, and the engraving decoration area of ​​some furniture is even as high as 80%.

Learn from others, Chinese and Western

The decoration theme of Cantonese-style furniture is very rich. In addition to the western pattern, there are also a considerable number of traditional patterns. It is based on natural forms of animals and plants, such as plum, bamboo, chrysanthemum, crane, dragon, bat, dragonfly, etc. Patterns, sea water, etc., also have a combination of Chinese and Western patterns, the most common are bamboo and plum.

Thick material and heavy shape

The production characteristics of Cantonese-style furniture is that the materials are thick and heavy. In order to emphasize the same wood quality, most of them use a wooden material, the materials are clear, the various wood materials are not mixed with each other, and the paint is not decorated. The wood is completely exposed, so that people can have a real sense at a glance.

In the history of Chinese classical furniture, Guangyi Furniture wrote a piece of its own rich and colorful. It broke the monopoly of Soviet-style furniture in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and became the main furniture of the court. It became synonymous with furniture in the Qing Dynasty.

Beijing-style furniture

/ Elegant and beautiful, Qu Yi, rigorous stability /

The so-called Beijing-style furniture, which is generally recognized by modern historians, is the furniture made by the Qing Palace courts, such as the founding office and the royal supervisor.

The lines are straight and the lines are in harmony

Beijing-style furniture has a style of straight lines, curved lines, and bright and natural styles. Therefore, the style is rigorous, stable, elegant and beautiful. Beijing-style furniture has achieved an organic combination in material selection, craft manufacturing, use functions and decorative techniques. In the Qing Dynasty furniture genre, Beijing-style furniture is an important part, forming a three-legged trend with the Soviet-style and Cantonese-style furniture.

Graceful, rich and magnificent

Because of the financial strength and material resources of the court office, the furniture made of furniture and materials was used. The furniture of the palace in the Qing Dynasty was wider than that of the Ming Dynasty. The local size also increased, and the scope of furniture carving and decoration increased. Its style is majestic, steady, luxuriant and gorgeous.

From the point of view of the ornamentation, the Beijing-style furniture is different from the Soviet-style and Cantonese-style furniture. It uniquely uses the bronze wares of the Shang Dynasty and the stone carving art of the Han Dynasty for its own use. It integrates the bronze culture and the stone carving culture into the furniture art. Different from the uniqueness of furniture in other places.

Rigorous and stable, elegant and beautiful

The style of Beijing-style furniture is rigorous, rigorous and stable, elegant and beautiful, and the pursuit of the Chinese rulers is not unrelated - strong financial and material resources, the masters of the harvest let the product "imperial" full, but the harsh system also allows the craftsmen It is said that the decoration of the palace-style furniture must be approved by the emperor. Under the restriction of the imperial power, it is feared that the furniture after the completion will lose a little aura.

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