Antique Chinese Furniture

Antique Chinese furniture can be divided into two parts. The furniture that comes from the north is usually simple, clear and smooth. While antique Chinese furniture that comes from the south is more refined, polished with lots of carving and has other decorations. It will also be in many different colors such as red, dark yellow and black.

Everyday and ceremonial furniture

Antique Chinese furniture has a history over a thousand years. There are many pieces of everyday life as well as furniture that were crafted for ceremonial use. Furniture can be bought for bedrooms, daring rooms, studies, living rooms and even the bathrooms. There are literally thousands of various styles in which Chinese artisans will produce the antique Chinese furniture.

Production of replicas

With a growing interest in the antique Chinese furniture, there are many factories that produce replicas of this furniture. You can also get genuine Chinese antique furniture. The Chinese cabinets are available in many sizes. The big cabinets have a lot of storage space and can be used for home decoration, while the smaller cabinets can be adapted for the living room areas and the bedrooms.

Chairs

Antique Chinese furniture has many chair styles to choose from. Some of them are antique chairs, lamp hangars, officials hat chairs, and rolling chairs etc. the round chairs have comfortable arms on which you can rest the arms. Antique Chinese furniture has both the design element and the functionality element in them. The rolling chairs are great for baloneys and for resting. You can even sleep in them. Many of the Antique Chinese furniture and chairs will have cravings on them.

Dressers

Antique Chinese furniture also has many dressers. These can also be used as great study table or in the bathrooms. Some of the antique Chinese furniture will even have beautiful feet which come in a variety of shapes. Dressers can be plain or they can also be carved. They have ample space and can be made of many woods native to China. It's easy to see the splendor that Chinese were used to especially the upper classes.

Tables

Antique Chinese furniture also has many tables. These are can be divided into 5 main styles that are square tables, round tables, long tables and side tables with drawers.. Round tables are still very popular in China, since this means reunion. Chinese people are very family oriented and like to take their meals together. For them a round table signifies bonding with family and friends. You can find beautifully carved ones as well as table with marble tops. There are many tables available that can seat 4 -8 people.

Benches

Antique Chinese furniture includes many of the benches. These can look great in the drawing room and serve as sofas. Put in some great oriental rugs and cushions ad complete the entire Chinese look. You can also get some Ming vases (they can be very expensive, you can go in for the blue pottery or replicas of the vases) and place them in line with the benches.

Depending on how oriental, you want the room to look like, buy the antique Chinese furniture from reputed dealers only.