No wonder customs is so difficult when it comes to exporting antique stone these days….. The return of a smuggled Tang Dynasty (AD 618 – 907) sarcophagus from the United States to China may serve as a good example for international collaboration to curb the rampant pillaging and smuggling of treasures, researchers have said. The […]
Architectural Items
Architectural Elements, salvaged items
Old wooden doors
Quick follow up, on a prior post about antique doors and antique door furniture. Was pokin around on Flickr again and noticed just how many great photos of old doors there ( along with a few good ideas on how to use them, including for sculpture).
Guide to old Chinese antique doors and Chinese old door panels, from collection to restoration.
I was in the warehouse just a few days ago, looking over a batch of antique door panels which just came in and it really reminded me just how cool some of these pieces are, especially the iron hardware, the various textures, and the overall character and charm of these bits of history. In the […]
Trend Guide: Rustic furniture made from reclaimed elm and other salvaged woods
Reclaimed & salvaged materials are environmentally friendly in that there are no new trees cut down to make the piece. Sources of wood may be old railroad ties, beams from old houses that have been demolished or even old doors. Old elm tends to be a favorite as Elm in fairly common in China.
Comparing apples to oranges – more on how to determine quality in Chinese antique furniture
A quality based comparison of the different restoration styles used when repairing Chinese antique furniture.
A true work of art: The making of a Chinese lacquered screens, sometimes called Coromandel screens, lacquered room dividers or Chinoiserie screens.
A step by step look at a local artisan’s process of hand painting a Chinese Coromandel lacquer screen from preparing the materials to painting the detailed scene.