I am noticing a trend where just about “everyone and anyone” is now selling so called “Chinese antique furniture” (or some variation of this) and misrepresenting it as any number of different things. Items made just yesterday (antique reproductions) are falsely labeled as genuine antiques and the real antiques are often completely misclassified. I recently […]
Antique Reproductions
Guide to Chinese Furniture – Part 4) New Reproductions

REPRODUCTION New items which employ natural materials and handcrafted construction techniques often in use formany generations. Generally occurs in a workshop environment with mostly hand tools and limited useof 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 […]