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Chinese Furniture: A Guide to Collecting Antiques
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Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
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The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market. The book presents an overview of carving styles, wood types, regional variations, class distinctions and restoration techniques.
With this renewed interest in antique furniture, a forgery market has emerged. Thousands of factories in southern China are churning out brand new or refurbished furniture and passing them off as antiques. Chinese Furniture unearths these forgeries and serves as an indispensable reference guide to collectors.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS:
Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 749.0951
EAN: 9780804835732
ISBN: 080483573X
Label: Tuttle Publishing
Manufacturer: Tuttle Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: 2006-11-15
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Studio: Tuttle Publishing
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:
Good overview -
This is the best overview of Chinese furniture that I've seen. It is mainly directly to the the interested layman, who might be interested in buying some Chinese furniture. It describes both the classical hardwood furniture (very expensive) and the more vernacular softwood furniture (quite inexpensive). You get a good understanding of the different styles. What the book doesn't help you with is the details of purchaing, e.g. understanding how well a cabinet is made, understanding how much of a fake a cabinet is, etc.
If you are exclusively interested in the very beautiful hardwood furniture. I would recommend Wang's "Classic Chinese Furniture".
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Chinese Furniture: A Guide to Collecting Antiques -
For those interested in learning about Chinese furniture, this is a very useful book. It is well written and illustrated and gives a good over-all survey of the field. It isn't written for experts, but for the "lay" person who wants to know something about the field either for personal interest or because he/she is beginning to collect.
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Hi,
Have not yet recieved the book from Amazon com. It was ordered 11/22 2006. Date today is 01/09. Maybe the delivery from Amazon to Sweden is not working??
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