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Anonymous users2024-01-24Shanghai style furniture, commonly known as Shanghai old furniture. It refers to the Western-style and Chinese-Western style furniture that appeared and produced in Shanghai from 1843 to 1949, including the Western furniture in Shanghai later, the modern furniture produced in Shanghai in the 20s and 30s, and the Shanghai Atic-style furniture in the 30s and 40s, excluding the old Chinese furniture made by Su. After entering the 30s, Chinese and Western furniture in Shanghai coexisted and had their own characteristics.
On the one hand, Western-style furniture has formed a local character in the manufacturing process of Shanghai furniture workshops; On the other hand, Chinese furniture is not lacking in innovation while imitating Western furniture.
Shanghai mahogany furniture is a general reference to the Shanghai mahogany furniture manufacturing industry during the Republic of China, and also refers to Shanghai mahogany furniture since the Republic of China. Shanghai is a place where two civilizations meet, but neither of the two has an advantage. The following is a simple analysis of the characteristics of Shanghai-style mahogany furniture:
From the perspective of craftsmanship, Shanghai-style mahogany furniture. Shanghai mahogany furniture is mainly used to make living room and bedroom furniture, and the living room furniture is mainly display cabinets, card tables, bedroom furniture is beds, wardrobes, dressers, etc., as well as some small pieces of furniture such as boxes, seat screens and basin shelves. Shanghai mahogany furniture generally does not use paint, only wax polishing, waxing before the use of crimson as the base, waxing and polishing after the color is bright, graceful atmosphere, crimson has become the main color of Shanghai mahogany furniture, leading a trend.
From the style point of view, Shanghai-style mahogany furniture. Shanghai style mahogany furniture pursues gorgeous style, absorbs the production style of Western furniture, and forms three trendy decoration styles of Western clothing (European furniture style and decoration), Oriental clothing (Japanese furniture style and decoration) and this decoration (Qing style furniture style and decoration), which adapts to people's psychology of worshipping foreign and pursuing enjoyment, and is also more practical and adaptable to new life than traditional mahogany furniture.
Features of Ming Dynasty mahogany furniture:
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The furniture of the Qing Dynasty feels heavier, focusing on patterns and carvings, and has a gorgeous and luxurious charm.
The Republic of China is an important historical stage in China, and the main feature is that since the late Qing Dynasty, a large number of Western culture has entered China, affecting China's traditional culture, impacting thousands of years of agricultural traditional culture, infiltrating and influencing all aspects of society! As a part of China's traditional culture, mahogany furniture is mainly affected by the following changes: 1. A large number of Western culture is embodied in mahogany furniture, the most representative is Cantonese furniture and Shanghai style furniture, on the basis of traditional culture, the introduction of Western culture carving, cultural elements, such as Roman columns, animal heads (lion heads, tiger claws) and other large use, instead of traditional carved themes; 2. Machine processing, the penetration of ironware, the hinges and other connectors of traditional mahogany furniture, are wooden pins, etc., a large number of copper, iron and other hardware and imported glass were used during the Republic of China, and the application of machines in the initial processing of furniture gradually began; 3. The war in the Republic of China continued, raw materials were scarce, and there was a veneer mahogany furniture process in Shanghai; 4. There are still some mahogany furniture that retains the traditional Chinese style. >>>More
Advantages of mahogany furniture.
High-grade solid wood furniture made of mahogany, after many years of historical evolution, now has many advantages, mainly: reasonable function After long-term scrutiny and improvement, many mahogany furniture according to the scale of human function proportions, can meet the requirements of human body function, with a high degree of scientificity. Taking chairs as an example, the bent back chair and circle chair are all suitable for the needs of the human body and comfortable to sit on. >>>More
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