What are the characteristics of furniture in the Ming and Qing dynasties

Ming-style furniture:

The Ming Dynasty was the golden age of the development of classical Chinese furniture. Ming-style furniture is mostly made of hardwood, with huanghuali and rosewood being the most common. The structure adopts small structure splicing, the use of mortise and tenon, the shape pays attention to the rationality and diversity of the function, not only in line with the physiological characteristics of people, but also rich and elegant, is a combination of art and practicality, Ming style furniture is rarely painted, and there is no excessive decoration, highlighting the wood color texture, reflecting the beauty of the material, forming a fresh and elegant, bright and simple style.

The Ming style furniture is simple and concise, bold and regular, and the Qing Dynasty furniture is exquisitely crafted, graceful and elegant. Ming-style furniture is mainly made of rosewood, and other woods are rarely used. The rosewood furniture has more tables, chairs and cabinets, without inlay and carving, and there are only very few carvings.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, due to the lack of huanghuali wood, it was changed to red sandalwood processing. There are very few large pieces of rosewood furniture, the width of the wood is generally only eight inches, the wood material is good, the carving is less, and the inlay is not done. According to experts, there are more than a dozen kinds of rosewood species, and according to different materials, the price varies greatly, and the most expensive is Venus rosewood.

Ming and Qing Dynasty FurnitureQing Dynasty Furniture:

Qing Dynasty furniture is different from Ming Dynasty furniture, generally simple and simple, Qing Dynasty cumbersome; Ming-style modeling wins, and Qing-style decoration is good. After the middle of the Qing Dynasty, wenge wood, sour branch wood, iron wood, rosewood, etc. were gradually used, and most of the new furniture was made of sorrel wood and mahogany. Sour branch wood furniture, large pieces, carving patterns, inlaid jade and tooth, stone, wood, snail, cloisonne, etc.

Rosewood furniture is also more carved and inlaid, and there are many modern products. The furniture styles of the early Ming and Qing dynasties were varied and often changed. In the Ming Dynasty, the shape of the design of the circle chair, the four-headed official hat chair, the rounded corner cabinet, the large painting case, etc.

On the basis of continuing the style of Ming furniture, the Qing Dynasty also designed unique furniture, such as mahogany Fushou Ruyi Taishi chair, Xuanqin case, red sandalwood round stool, nail embroidery pier and other furniture.