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The Qing Dynasty furniture is popular in a piece of furniture, inlaid with a variety of exquisite decorations, especially the court furniture, but also the best workmanship, the most representative of which is the court furniture of the Qianlong period. During the Qianlong period, the court family had two distinctive features: one was to use the materials without skill, and the craftsmanship was excellent, and it was the heyday of Qing style furniture. It was also the period when the Qing Dynasty furniture was the most produced, the craftsmanship was the most exquisite, and the variety was the most abundant. . Second, the decoration strives for beauty, and pays attention to the combination of various handicrafts, using gold, silver, jade, coral and other decorative materials of different textures, pursuing grandeur. In the decorative technique of furniture in the Qianlong period, inlaid jade furniture is an important part of the decorative technique of this period.
Palace inlaid jade furniture decoration style
The court furniture of the Qing Dynasty was made of precious hardwood rosewood. Compared with the soft and bright yellow rosewood of the Ming style furniture, the rosewood color used by the Qing furniture is deep and solemn, and the furniture made of rosewood is not bright. The jade insert decoration will inevitably have a sense of monotony and boring, and in the furniture made of rosewood, the white jade ornaments will break the silence of the simple rosewood wooden furniture, light and dark. The contrast contrast will produce a pleasing visual effect. Therefore, while jade carving into various kinds of individual utensils, the Qing House Office also adheres to the purpose of the Emperor Qianlong, combining jade carving technology with furniture production to produce a large number of inlaid jade furniture.
The jade furniture embedded in the Qianlong Palace in the world is mostly carved with jade materials into various characters, geometric patterns and other patterns. It is embedded in the surface of the chair, table, cabinet, box and mirrored furniture. The main performances are as follows:
First, inlaid jade ornaments on the backrest armrests and leg slabs of the seat. Such as the red sandalwood embellished jade dragon throne, the whole body is made of red sandalwood, the throne is three-screen type, the backrest and the side armrests are engraved on the border of the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The backrest and the handrail center are embossed with sea water. There is a waist under the seat, the legs are very thick, the foot ends are moiré feet, and the foot is pressed against the mud. There is a beautiful foot pedal in front of the seat. The highlight of this throne is that the backrest and the handrails on both sides of the throne are inlaid with Hetian white jade carvings of Zhenglong, fireballs, dragons and dragons, and the white jade flowers, double bats and colored stones are also embedded under the waist. The leaves, the white and bright color of the Hetian white jade ornaments match the dead and hardwood rosewood, forming a sharp contrast, adding a touch of grandeur to this exquisite throne.
The second is to put jade inserts on the bench and stool furniture. An example is the Liufang inlaid jade pattern hexagonal stool. The stool is made of red sandalwood and the stool surface is hexagonal. The center of the heart is spliced ​​with red sandalwood strips into a horizontal and vertical staggered “wan†word, and the waist below the face is Inlaid with 12 pieces of rectangular green grass roll, with a lotus pattern. Drumsticks, teeth, and cirrus. Inlaid with white jade flowers, bats and grass dragons on the legs, the horseshoes are turned inside and the mud is supported.
The third is to embellish the jade carving on the façade or cover of the wenwan box. Take a piece of rosewood inlaid jade "ç»®åºç½—芳" as an example, the order of Luo Fang mentions the box of rosewood wood, the top handle, the top of the cover of the suitcase is embedded with a delicate sapphire round, and the grain on the jade is hidden. The hole in the jade hole is filled with the red sandalwood group, and the four-character square of the é•Œ é•Œ é•Œ ç»® , , , , , , , , , , , æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹ æ–¹Pull out and open the cover, you can see the picture of the ten letter inside.
The fourth is to embellish the beautiful jade on the screen of the screen furniture. The method is to embroider all kinds of patterns, engraved poems of jade or hand-carved ancient jade, antique jade inlaid in the screen of hard-wood screen furniture, screen-like jade ornaments and the first few types of embedded Compared with jade furniture, the slightly different places are that the jade carvings of the first few types of jade-inlaid furniture are inlaid in the furniture, which plays the role of embellishment, and the jade carvings in this screen are mostly beautifully carved. The whole piece of jade is either a handed jade and a jade in antique, and the jade carving on the screen is the subject of such shielded furniture.
Chonggu Haoyu has an impact on Qinggong furniture
In the inlaid jade furniture of the Qing Palace, most of the jade carvings such as flowers and birds, beasts and figures are inlaid on the furniture. In addition, a considerable amount of furniture is inlaid with jade.
Why is there a large amount of jade inlays in the Qing furniture? The author believes that this is related to the use of jade. Ancient jade is generally divided into vegetarian and glutinous rice. The ancients believed that the grain glutinous rice was related to agricultural production, and the grain was rich in the world. Gu Yu itself is entrusted with the auspicious psychology of people praying for good weather. These jade carvings are not only a simple decorative effect, but more importantly, in the society dominated by the agricultural economy at that time, the Qianlong heavy peasant thought was reflected in the furniture.
The idea of ​​Qianlong's extreme admiration of ancient jade has brought certain influence to the decoration style of Qinggong furniture. On the Qing Dynasty furniture, some patterns of swirling beads and jade figures that have been borrowed from ancient jade have appeared. Inlaid with jade inserts on the objects, the jade-like patterns are carved on the hard-wood furniture. For example, the Huanghuali jade-shaped stool in the Qianlong period is an example. The stool is made of yellow pear wood. The waist of the lower part of the face is engraved with a scroll of beads, and the drums and legs are engraved. At the intersection of the teeth and the legs, the image of the imitation jade, which is derived from the ancient jade, is carved. The scroll vortex pattern is a popular decorative pattern in the furniture of the middle of the Qing Dynasty. It is widely seen in the throne, bed, several cases, chairs and screens of the Qing Dynasty. It is also an important feature of the Qing Dynasty palace furniture.