How to appreciate and choose Western antique furniture

Most of the antique Western furniture is made of wood. But most of the real originals have a very unique design, with most of the furniture in wood or dark brown colors, but there are also many combinations of different colors. For example, oak is the most common wood in Europe, and the furniture made from it is usually relatively ordinary, often used by the common people, and is mostly found in kitchen utensils.

Timber such as walnut, mahogany, rosewood, and rosewood, on the other hand, were mostly plundered from the colonies and were scarce in quantity and beautiful in color, often as a status symbol for the user. However, due to the limited quantity, these colored woods are often made into small pieces, which are used as raw materials for furniture collages and surface inlays. This also leads to another detail in the selection of Western antique furniture, which is craftsmanship.

The details of Western antique furniture craftsmanship are manifested in three aspects: wood inlay, hardware casting and carving. The design of the inlay pattern, the processing of collage details, the design of the wood chip grain, etc. are the considerations of the fine wood inlay, and the hardware castings placed in the corners of the furniture, the locks and other details are exquisite and durable is the audit standard for the hardware craftsman technology, and the carving work is one of the manifestations of whether the furniture has a decorative effect, which can be used as a consideration option for the source of furniture, after all, in the life of ordinary people, the role of furniture in decoration will be weaker than practicality.

Boolean is another type of marquetry that has a high value for appreciation. This inlay technique, which began in France in the 17th century, was originally carved into intricate patterns made of copper or copper gilt materials and inlaid into wood or tortoiseshell, and became the most popular and workmanlike technique of the time after being popular among the royal family and nobles.