Application of furniture hardware accessories

Traditional furniture hardware accessories, as an important part of classical furniture structure and decorative art, have relative functions, but more importantly, it has strong decorative and appreciation, and is an important feature of traditional furniture style. One. They are made of diverse materials and craftsmanship, and hinge manufacturers discuss them in terms of materials and process methods:

The materials used in 　　traditional furniture hardware accessories are mainly copper ornaments, but also gold and silver. However, metal materials such as gold and silver are mainly presented in the form of gold and silver wire, metal foil, gold foil, mercury, etc., which greatly enhances its decorative art. Expressive, rich in its craft image. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period, the metal furniture parts such as gold, silver and bronze were used. The typical ones were often equipped with bronze fasteners on lacquered wood furniture. At that time, the so-called fasteners were at the margin of lacquer furniture. The foot or other parts are inlaid with gold, silver or bronze. These decorative parts not only play a decorative effect, but also an organic part of the whole shape and function, which not only increases the solidity and practicality of the wooden furniture, but also increases the The decor of wooden furniture.

　　The furniture is made of metal, mostly for the maintenance of the corners or for the reinforcement of the focus, followed by the beautification effect. The trim is primarily made of white copper. The white copper is a copper-nickel alloy, which is soft in color and far superior to brass. White copper trim is generally earlier than brass trim. All the original white copper ornaments, the shape of the ancient, and the rust-stained natural furniture, the era of manufacture is relatively early. On the seat of the higher price used by the emperor, there is also a metal plated piece of iron on the iron plate and hammered with gold and silver wire. Commonly used trims include face sheets, hinges, wrap angles, and some special metal parts. Face sheets and hinges are often used as circles, rectangles, rectangles, and satisfactory cloud head shapes.

　　In the early Ming Dynasty, it was made of white copper or brass, and in the later period, it was made of red gold and gold. The metal fittings of the furniture of the Qing Dynasty are mainly gold, silver, copper and iron. Gold and silver are the first to be inlaid and decorated. They are often made of sheets made of gold and silver or made of extremely fine gold and silver wire as the markings of the lacquer ware. The artistic effects are different due to the different materials used for the markings.

　　In the future of the Ming Dynasty, the main thing of the decoration is white copper. The metal parts of the Qing Dynasty furniture are mainly gold, silver, copper and iron, but most of them are made of red gold and gold. Gold and silver are the first to be inlaid and decorated. They are often made of sheets made of gold and silver or made of extremely fine gold and silver to embed the stripes of bronze. The artistic effects are different due to the different materials used for markings.

　　Copper is a metal that humans have long recognized and widely used. In China, there were bronzes in the Xia Wei era more than 4,000 years ago. Copper has many valuable physicochemical properties, such as high thermal conductivity and electrical conductivity, strong chemical stability, high tensile strength, easy fusion, corrosion resistance, plasticity, and ductility. Pure copper can be drawn into very thin copper wire to make a very thin copper foil. It can be alloyed with metals such as zinc, tin, lead, manganese, cobalt, nickel, aluminum and iron. Pure copper is light rose or reddish, and the surface is made of copper oxide. This copper oxide film has a good compactness, so the corrosion resistance of copper is also good.