China’s great leap forward was a difficult and fascinating time in contemporary Chinese history. It was also a total disaster for Chinese Antique Furniture
This fall of 2011, Roger Schwendeman and Chris Buckley, both specialists in China Antiques, will be conducting a unique series of classes on Chinese Antiques. These sessions are intended to provide pointers for negotiating the maze/minefield that is the Beijing antique market and for finding genuine items of good quality. The first sessions begin on Friday 23rd September 2011 starting with antique furniture related topics.
Beijing’s Antique furniture markets are a fascinating place and yesterday I went out looking at Chinese antique furniture on the outskirts of Beijing with Roger Schwendenman, a specialist in Chinese furniture who has his own restoration workshop
ACF China and the The Hutong will be co-organizing a field trip this Saturday morning to visit a outdoor wholesale market where peasants from the
When people hear the word “antiques,” they often relate it to something their grandmother might enjoy – in other words old-world – musty – boring!
