Mahogany furniture has been developed for nearly 600 years, and the Ming and Qing dynasties are recognized as the golden age of traditional furniture in the mainland. Some people explain that the style mahogany furniture is elegant, and the Qing style mahogany furniture is vulgar, what do you think?
Ming-style mahogany furniture highlights the beautiful and dignified shape and simple and simple decoration, and works craftsmanship and mahogany materials to achieve the feeling of unity between nature and man. Mr. Wang Shixiang has studied Ming-style furniture for many years, and has also collected a large number of Huanghuali Ming-style furniture, which shows that Ming-style furniture is favored by collectors.
Compared with Ming-style mahogany furniture, Qing-style mahogany furniture is diametrically opposed. Although the style of Ming-style furniture was retained in the early Qing Dynasty, it generally changed the fresh and sparse literati characteristics of Ming-style furniture, changed from emphasizing demeanor to heavy form, moving towards tediousness in the pursuit of novelty, and moving towards extravagance in the pursuit of luxury, forming the characteristics of Qing-style mahogany furniture with gorgeous decoration, fine workmanship and rich changes. In particular, the court mahogany furniture of the Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong periods replaced the huanghuali with the red sandalwood that was easy to carve, and the furniture was complicated in shape and gorgeously decorated, thus forming the Qing style mahogany furniture with strong shape, calm momentum and overall decoration cumbersome and rich style.
The replacement of the Ming and Qing dynasties in history, the end of the era of literati rule in the south of the Ming Dynasty, means the opening of the era of Manchu rule by the northern minority nationalities, and the change of superstructure preferences directly affects culture and art.
To put it simply, Ming-style mahogany furniture is like the delicate spirit of the southerners, and the meal is always three plates and five plates, so it is not elegant; the Qing-style mahogany furniture is like the boldness of the northerners, and the big gold chain and small gold watch eat barbecue three times a day, which is to love exaggeration, so regardless of the Ming and Qing styles, you have your own appetite, and there is no distinction between high and low taste.