Chinese Furniture
The forms of Chinese furniture evolved along three distinct lineages which dates back to 1000 BC, based on frame and panel, yoke and rack.
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- Chinese furniture: Tieli wood Tieli wood is often confused with jichimu, yet lacks the latter's contrasting colors. 2013-08-23
- Chinese furniture: Ebony (Wumu) Wumu, or ebony, is botanically related to the Ebenacea family. It has a fine closed grain which is very brittle, and the color can be pure black to black and brown. 2013-08-22
- Jichimu furniture Jichimu, literally translated as 'chicken-wing wood', describes a wood whose deep brown and gray patterns when cut tangentially resemble the patterns of bird feathers. 2013-08-21
- Huanghuali furniture The Chinese term huanghuali literally means "yellow flowering pear" wood. It is a member of the rosewood family and is botanically classified as Dalbergia odorifera. 2013-08-20
- Hongmu furniture The equivalent southern Chinese term 'suanzhi' appears during the middle Qing period.Most of the dark heavily carved Qing period furniture is made from hongmu. 2013-08-19
- Zhazhen furniture Commonly termed zhazhen or zhajing, this furniture-making wood is associated with the mulberry species. 2013-08-18
- Yumu (Northern Elm) furniture Northern Elm is the most common furniture-making wood found throughout northern China. It is referred to throughout the catalogue as Northern Elm to differentiate it from the somewhat similar app 2013-08-17
- Walnut (Hetao) furniture Walnut was used for many examples of Qing period furniture sourced from the Shanxi region, which generally demonstrate refined workmanship; earlier pieces are extremely rare. 2013-08-16
- Oak (Zuomu, Gaolimu) furniture Although furniture made from oak is somewhat rare, the material has long been known as an excellent furniture-making wood. 2013-08-15
- Nanmu furniture Nanmu and nanmu burl (douban nan) were frequently mentioned as materials par excellence in Ming literati writings. The former was often used for cabinet construction; the latter, for decorative c 2013-08-14
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