Ming Dynasty furniture

Author: Chen Jiang
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Publish Date: 2000-11-01
Features: Overview of Ming Dynasty Furniture
The defining characteristic of Ming Dynasty furniture is the formation and popularity of hardwood furniture. "Hardwood furniture" refers to furniture made from high-quality hardwoods such as redwood, zitan, huanghuali, huangyang, huju, tie-li, and wingnut, named after the wood used. Before the Ming Dynasty, as recorded in The Essential Techniques of Farming and Household Management by Jia Simiao, Volume 5, furniture materials in China were mostly (huai), (liu), (qiū), (zi), (wu), (tong), and (za) in the northern regions.