Chinese Furniture - Karen Mazurkewich, A. Chester Ong

Chinese Furniture

A Guide to Collecting Antiques
Buch | Hardcover
224 Seiten
2006
Tuttle Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-8048-3573-2 (ISBN)
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Presenting a survey of antique Chinese furniture, this book offers an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques. It also unearths the forgeries and serves as a useful reference guide to collectors.
The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market.

This antique furniture book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques. It includes detailed chapters on various types of wooden furniture cover chairs, stools and benches, tables and desks, beds, cabinets and bookshelves, doors and screens and household accessories.

With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as Chinese antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide for collectors of antique wood furniture.

Karen Mazurkewich is an Asian Wall Street Journal reporter who has covered Asian culture and the retail scene for three years from her base in Hong Kong. Mazurkewich has investigated art forgery, interviewed countless collectors, grilled innovative businessmen and queried tradesmen all in a quest to understand antiques and manufacturing in Asia better.

1. Introduction2. History3. Classification4. The Chair5. The Table6. The Bed7. The Cabinet8. The Stool9. The Bench10. The Screen11. Household Accessories12. Furniture and Social Hierarchy13. Regional Differences14. Restoration15. A BuyerÆs Guide

Illustrationen A. Chester Ong
Zusatzinfo 300 color photos; 15 b&w diagrams
Verlagsort Boston
Sprache englisch
Maße 216 x 279 mm
Gewicht 1389 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Antiquitäten
ISBN-10 0-8048-3573-X / 080483573X
ISBN-13 978-0-8048-3573-2 / 9780804835732
Zustand Neuware
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