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Basic guide to recognizing Tibetan antique furniture - Part 1

January 29th, 2008 · No Comments

“Tibetan” style furniture is a phrase used loosely and frequently items made just yesterday are placed side by side with items 50 or 80 years old. Of course, all are claimed to be real “Tibetan Furniture.” So when it comes to so called Tibetan” items, its important to know just what is is that […]

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 6) Custom Built

January 17th, 2007 · No Comments

CUSTOM BUILT
Custom items are “one of a kind” items built to spec in limited, often one off quantities. Custom items sometimes may be used as a template to make more - thus known as a SAMPLE or PROTOTYPE.

KNOWLEDGE: Requires extensive understanding of design, testing, materials, quality, construction techniques and factories
OPTIONS: Options are extremely flexible which […]

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 5) Manufactured Items

December 17th, 2006 · No Comments

MANUFACTURED ITEMS
This is an area where people often have a quite a lot of difficulty distinguishing between the “style” of the product (in other words the visual appearance of the item) vs the actual “type” of product. To the average eye, an item may look like as if it is a hand-made, traditional Chinese piece […]

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 4) New Reproductions

November 17th, 2006 · No Comments

REPRODUCTION
New items which employ natural materials and handcrafted construction techniques often in use for
many generations. Generally occurs in a workshop environment with mostly hand tools and limited use
of modern machinery. Designs are based on traditional deigns modified slightly according to the times.
Items can be very similar but no two are exactly alike as a result […]

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 3) Fakes & Replications

October 17th, 2006 · No Comments

FAKE/REPLICATION
New, handcrafted pieces using natural materials (May use older or aged materials). Produced in a
workshop or “cottage industry” environment and based on actual antiques with extra effort put into
each piece for it to be made to look unique. Like antiques items can be very similar though no two will
be exactly alike. Pieces will possess little […]

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 2) “Converted” antiques

September 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment

CONVERTED
Converted items are both antique & reproduction at the same time. Because of this the materials
and/or construction should possess a very slight degree of wear/tear due to age/use. The main overall
design of a converted piece may remain the same or similr but heavy modifications are made including
structural, finishes etc

KNOWLEDGE: Basic an understanding of periods, regions, […]

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How to Age Brass - Ultimate Guide

September 17th, 2006 · No Comments

For anyone who really is looking to have more control over the complete look of a piece, here is an excellent article by Architectural Classics entitled How to Age Brass - Ultimate Guide. Definitely worth a look if you are interested in the specific process.
The link is: http://www.architecturalclassics.com/blog/how-to-age-brass/

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Guide to Chinese Furniture - Part 1) What is considered an antique?

August 17th, 2006 · No Comments

ANTIQUE

Antique pieces are aged and usually must meet a minimum age before being considered an antique - generally 50 years or more. Should possess some degree of wear/tear due to time/age and use. Each piece is unusual and unique.

KNOWLEDGE: Requires a comprehensive historical understanding of periods, regions, and styles as well local handcraft construction techniques, […]

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