The specialists guide to Chinese antiques.

Oriental silk rugs (and their cousins, Persian rugs) are simply gorgeous. They allude to a certain tasteful style which is both exotic and luxurious, yet at the same time classic and timeless all at once. Open any magazine with interior photos and there is probably at least one image in there with (what else, [...]

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We carry two main brands of wax polish for furniture. Both are hard wax polishes.

Golden Rooster is domestic brand which seems to be partnered with Kiwi. While this works fine, there is chemical smell to the wax which I personally find undesirable. It relatively inexpensive.
Harrell’s Traditional Wax Furniture Polish contains beeswax and is a bit [...]

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The antique advertiser.com website has a great page of tips called Antique Alchemy which have been compiled from various reader feedback and other web sources.  Its a great little resource which I though I might reprint for you here. As they mentioned on their page – these tips are all use at your [...]

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If you are a buyer and need the rundown on the fall trade show schedule for China, see our post on our other blog entitled:Fall schedule for furniture and decor trade shows, expos and other happening in China

Related Books:
Clutter Control: Useful Tips for Getting Rid of the Mess
The New Furniture: How Modern Technology is Changing [...]

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If you are designer or retailer of lighting, accessories or other home decor items and have designs you are considering producing over in this part of the world, there is a worthwhile post on our other furniture industry blog called “Design Phase: The initial steps to manufacturing your home decor products in Asia.”

Related Books:
Something Borrowed: [...]

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Here is some great collection of articles I found on wood finish supply.com’s website about lacquers & wood finishing. Its quite technical and really intended for woodworkers and the like but if thats you, then this is a good resource.
Here is a sample of some of the articals:

The Atanomy of A Wood Finish
These 3 basic [...]

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A few interesting examples and baselines which can be used when making an assessment of quality. You will need to click each photo to see the enlarged verion and associated comments.
Poor to low quality
This piece speaks for itself. Particularly evident is fitting which uses the lowest quality of materials.

Related Books:
Deadly Appraisal (Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries)
The [...]

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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/
There is also a few good books on [...]

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