As the value of furniture in China's Ming and Qing dynasties was gradually recognized, it was accompanied by the proliferation of counterfeiting of old furniture. When buying Ming and Qing furniture, if you know its authenticity, you must first see through it as a trick. Let's talk about 12 tricks for the Ming and Qing furniture to falsify:
The first move: split a group of two
After disassembling a piece of furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties , imitate one or more pieces as they are, and then mix new and old parts to assemble two or more pieces of original furniture each containing some old parts.
The second move: moving flowers
With the aging of the years, many Ming and Qing furniture are often poorly preserved and the components are broken, which is extremely difficult to repair as they are, so some people transplant flowers and transplant the residual structure of non-similar varieties to make up an indecent Ming and Qing furniture.
The third measure: miscellaneous materials
This practice is common in packaged furniture. For some so-called "hardwood" furniture, the cladding technique is to stick a very thin layer of hardwood skin on the surface of the furniture made of ordinary wood, and the inner main material part is made of inexpensive expensive wood, disguised as hardwood furniture.
The fourth measure: fill the good with the bad
Taking advantage of the indistinguishable characteristics of hardwood furniture materials, furniture made of poor wood is mixed with furniture made of better wood.
Fifth trick: Stealing beams for columns
Adopt "adjust package", change soft drawer to hard drawer. Soft drawer is an elastic structure composed of wood, rattan, brown, silk thread, etc., which is handed down to hardwood furniture such as chairs, stools, beds, couches, etc. It is mostly applied to the chair stool surface, bed surface and backrest, Ming style furniture Is more common. Compared with hard drawers, soft drawers have the advantages of comfort and softness, but are more susceptible to damage. Eighty-nine out of ten precious furniture that has been handed down for a long time has been damaged. Since the craftsmen who made soft drawers have become extinct in recent decades, many soft drawers on precious furniture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties were changed to hard drawers.
Sixth trick: fill more with less
"Rare" is an important manifestation of the value of Ming and Qing furniture. Therefore, many furniture manufacturers have converted half-tables, large square tables, small square tables, etc., which are more handed down and less valuable, into one of the rarer drawer tables, articles, and Go tables.
Seventh trick: make a difference
Speculators sometimes arbitrarily change the original structure and decoration. As some people think, Ming-style furniture that looks more "plain" (without decoration or carving) may have an earlier age. As a result, the decoration on some precious handed down furniture was deliberately removed to pretend to be furniture of an earlier age.
Eighth trick: change from high to low
In order to adapt to the living style of modern life, high-type furniture was changed to low-type furniture. Furniture is a practical utensil, and its shape is closely related to people's living style. After entering the modern society, sofa-type chairs, stools and couches entered the homes of ordinary people in large numbers. In order to cater to the needs of the height reduction of seats and beddings, many handed down chairs and table cases have been shortened, so as to place cushions on the chairs and make sofa tables in front of the sofas. Many people often mistakenly believe that the ancients passed on to the modern people when they bought the remodeled low-profile ancient furniture.
Ninth measure: Insect-eaten furniture
In order to achieve a more realistic effect, some counterfeiters also made a gap that was bitten by a mouse on the drawer board of the furniture, or made old materials that were moth-eaten on the key parts. Special effects are deliberately bored on the furniture.
Tenth trick: deliberately getting old
Counterfeiters use a steel ball to wipe out traces on the surfaces of some high-frequency furniture, such as tables and cabinets. After painting, they use iron cups and pans to make marks, and draw a few marks with a knife. There are also fine sand skins that are carefully polished on the most vulnerable parts of the new imitation furniture, made into traces of use, and then waxed to make old leather shells.
Eleventh trick: fake bagging
Balm is an antique jargon that refers to the weathering marks left on the surface of ancient artifacts in the process of being handed down. Because woodware is easy to be coated and the coating layer is thick, the jargon is also called "skin", usually in a glass state, very soft, the texture of the wood is from the inside out, there is a color It is old and has a gem-like texture. It will show gloss when rubbed. While fake fake old furniture is often made of fake lacquered leather shells, and some even use inferior materials like leather shoe polish for the purpose of fraud. The gloss of the fake leather shell is dull and impetuous. When touched by hand, the genuine leather case is smooth and warm; the fake product has a greasy feeling, a sense of obstruction, and even sticks to the hand.
Twelfth trick: quick reminder
Sprinkle Taomi swill or tea water on the newly-made furniture, and then rest it on the outdoor soil, let it dry in the sun and rain. After repeated several times in two or three months, the wood grain will naturally crack and the paint will crack and peel The logs are dark in color, showing an old look that seems to have gone through the wind and rain. In the case of furniture for tables and chairs, bury four legs in the muddy ground. Over time, this leg will fade from shallow to deep, showing a kind of water stain. However, the water marks of genuine products generally do not exceed one inch. (Editor Peter)
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