Traditional carpentry in southern china 07 assembling 第六篇.
Chinese furniture joints. The developing history of our traditional chinese furniture spans over 5 000 years. Derive from the properties of the materials involved and the purpose of the joint. Constructed from precious woods by ingenious craftsmen 400 or more year ago these pieces represent the apex of chinese furniture production says international senior specialist marco almeida. Dovetails are interlocking carved wood joints used in cabinetry to connect two pieces of wood drawer fronts and sides cabinet or.
Chinese arts and crafts. Top 10 most impressive wood joints duration. Early furniture of this style commonly required intermediate or base stretchers for reinforcement and decorative taohuan panels were fitted to the high waist section. The top is not glued up followed by the legs being glued on etc.
Interlocking chinese joinery with andrew hunter. To the aesthetically inclined observer the study of joinery may seem at first an unusual approach yet the techniques employed play an important part in the overall effect. One needs to remember that the whole assemblage of a piece of chinese furniture depends upon the interlocking joints for stability. Edo sashimono traditional craft of wooden furniture duration.
During the late ming period the development of sophisticated joints with dovetail keys permitted the abandonment of supplementary braces and stretchers. Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining together pieces of wood or lumber to produce more complex items. Some wood joints employ fasteners bindings or adhesives while others use only wood elements. One of the roles of the furniture restorer in china was to replace and tighten the dovetail wedges used when the joints in furniture had become loose.
The characteristics of wooden joints strength flexibility toughness appearance etc. How to identify furniture of the 1800s by its dovetailing. Now we often name the furniture. Construction of traditional wooden chinese furniture is based primarily of solid wood pieces connected solely using woodworking joints and rarely using glue or metallic nails the reason was that the nails and glues used did not stand up well to the vastly fluctuating temperatures and humid weather conditions in most of central and south east asia.