[ Chinese wardrobe network ] China's feudal society is particularly long and has a history of more than 2,000 years. The so-called "under the ordinary world, is not the king of the earth", the emperor is the supreme master of the time. The Royal Palace always uses and collects the best things, as well as furniture. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the courts have loved mahogany furniture, because mahogany furniture is indeed the best furniture in the world.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties mahogany furniture show the royal "supreme" court culture
Palace culture in mahogany furniture
According to the aesthetic taste of the emperor's mahogany furniture, the craftsmen use the highest quality mahogany materials to develop the finest craftsmanship, creating palace mahogany furniture from three aspects: form, meaning and god. Naturally, the palace mahogany furniture also strongly reflects the court culture. There are two main aspects of the court culture in the mahogany furniture:
First, the material is large. Because mahogany materials have been expensive since ancient times, folk mahogany furniture is reluctant to pay for gold; while the royal family has money, so it is the best to choose materials, and both use large materials and monoliths. In the shape of the furniture, it is even more magnificent and majestic, showing the royal style of the "Nine-Five".
Second, the carvings are prosperous. The craftsmen used the bronzes, porcelain, jade and paintings in the palace to capture and inherit the essence of the country, transplanted them into the mahogany furniture, and innovated the mahogany culture at that time. This is particularly evident in the furniture of the Qing Dynasty.
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