Furniture Collection Methods

Furniture Collection Methods

A FEW YEARS OLD, COLLECT THE OLD FURNITURE OF VALUE QUITE IS ANTIQUE ENTHUSIAST “THE THING OF EYE HEAT”. Still, there is no shortage of forgeries in the collection. To PREVENT “PUNCH A HOLE” THE FOLLOWING 5 KINDS OF IDENTIFICATION ANCIENT furniture fake METHOD MIGHT as well TRY.

1, to see whether the pulp is natural: general old furniture in the user’s hands often touch the position, will appear naturally formed pulp, the pulp in the new imitation is either not natural, or on the furniture is not often touched the place also has pulp.

2, look at the bottom board of furniture and drawer board: the bottom board of the old table and drawer board have a copy of the old gas. Among THEM A BIT IS VERY IMPORTANT, WANT TO SEE THE CLEAR TENON OF OLD FURNITURE, THE MORTISE OF OLD-STYLE FURNITURE IS SQUARE, WHAT LOCK MORTISE IS SHOOT SON. If you see the round end of the mortise, you can say that it is machine processing, must be a new copy.

3, see wood grain: some furniture surface will appear uneven wood grain, but to see whether these wood grain with steel wire brush hard wipe out.

4, see the renovation traces: some cloth chairs in the renovation, the original chair circle will leave dense nail eyes, this chair is old, as long as the chair turned over can see these eyes.

5, look at the sculpture: from the style and the level of sculpture. Old-fashioned FURNITURE IS WIDER BECAUSE OF WORKING HOUR WHEN MAKING, THE STATE OF MIND OF CRAFTSMAN IS QUITE CALM ALSO, SO OLD-FASHIONED FURNITURE SHOULD PASS ELABORATE CARVING COMMONLY, FURNITURE APPEARS MELLOW NATURE. And NOW THE FURNITURE OF NEW COPY, PROCESSOR TO REDUCE COST, OFTEN BE IN A HURRY, THIS CAN SHOW A FALSE IMPRESSION IN CARVING, ESPECIALLY IN Chinese STYLE FURNITURE, APPEAR ROUND NOT SMOOTH ENOUGH, SQUARE NOT FIRM ENOUGH.