John Rogers:
Hi, my name is John Rogers. Welcome to this series of videos on
antique Chinese furniture. By the time you get through seeing them
you will be able to differentiate new from old furniture. You'll be
able to identify the restoration to old furniture. You'll be able
to specify the age of a piece of furniture within about a 50 year
band. You'll be able to identify restoration, basic
furniture...
Yuqing Zhao: Hi
my name is Yuqing Zhao. Here's my friend John. Welcome to our video
series. Behind us are two pieces of furniture and they're in the
same type wood. They're in similar style, same type hardware,
similar finish. Can you tell which one's new and which one's old?
Now I want John to show you from one side, from drawer to tell you
which one's old and which one's new.
John Rogers:
Hi, my name is John and welcome again to our series of videos on
antique Chinese furniture on how to differentiate between old and
new. These two pieces have essentially the same appearance in terms
of their finish. They have the same looking hardware. So how do you
tell which is old and which is new? Let's take a look at the door
because doors can be a very important clue as to being able
to...
John Rogers:
And we're here to show you a genuinely old piece of Chinese
furniture. But because of heavy usage in China over the course of
the years and because of more adverse indoor weather conditions
than we frequently find in this...
John Rogers:
And we're here today to talk about some of the magnificent symbols
that are found in Chinese architecture, furniture and even
household items. Today we have a pair of carvings that were found
in an over 200 year old house that was...
John Rogers:
And today we want to talk to you about some of the symbols that we
found on some furniture drawers. Yuqing tell us about the symbols
that are on this drawer.
John Rogers:
And we're here today to talk to you about some more symbols that we
found on smaller items, smaller frankly, household items. This
panel that I'm holding in my hand is a fragment that was taken from
a cabinet that was too far gone to...
John Rogers:
And we're here today in our continuing series of videos about
Chinese furniture. And today we're going to be talking about the
woods that are used. We need to kind of think about Chinese history
just a little bit in considering the...
John Rogers:
And we're here once again in our continuing series of videos on
Chinese furniture. Today we're talking about the next two most
commonly used woods used in Chinese furniture. You'll recall there
were three woods that were used most...
John Rogers:
Welcome to our continuing series on antique Chinese furniture.
Today we’re going to be talking about how you
ascertain the age of a piece. And frankly, it can be darned hard.
First of all there's some things you can't look at.
John Rogers: Hi
my name is John and I'm sorry Yuqing is not with us today. You have
been wonderful in your response to our series of videos on Chinese
antique furniture. You have given us more questions that suggest
hundreds of additional videos. Obviously we're limited on that. So
we're going to take some of the most basic questions you've asked
and try to provide adequate responses to your questions.
John Rogers: Hi
I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com. In
this video we're going to talk about windows. And people wonder how
come there are so many window fragments available in China. It's
because the Chinese have been rapidly modernizing particularly in
their cities. And they have been tearing down old...
John Rogers: Hi
my name is John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
Today we're going to talk about architectural fragments. Well how
do you get architectural fragments from China? What has caused all
these fragments to be available on the market? Well what it is is
China's Modernization Program which has...
John Rogers: Hi
I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
And I'm here today to talk about buffets. First question, what's
the difference between a buffet and a chest? Well my thought is
that a buffet tends to be much longer and it tends to be a place
that's replete with storage also with the opportunity to...
John Rogers: Hi
this is John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
Here in our continuing series of videos we're going to talk about
chests. And the variety of chests available from China is
absolutely incredible. I can't in a short video show you no more
than a few representative samples. Here are two. These are...
John Rogers: Hi
I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
Here today in our continuing series of videos. This video talks
about apothecary chests. Let's just pause for a minute and
recognize the Chinese medicine has been practiced and continues to
be practiced throughout China. And indeed many aspects of it...
John Rogers: Hi
I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
And I'm here today in our continuing series of videos to talk with
you about an unusual form found in Chinese furniture and that is
the clothes rack. Instead of hanging things up in closets as we're
accustomed to in the west, years ago in China and even...
John Rogers: Hi
I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com. In
this video we're going to talk about some of the different types of
Chinese tables that are available. And tables just kind of have an
infinite variety and today I'm going to show you three of just an
amazing variety right here. This one is called an...
John Rogers: Hi
my name is John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
This video is going to talk about doors that are available from
China. Doors are frequently available as are architectural
fragments because as China modernizes its cities, it destroys its
old houses and puts new buildings on the land where the...
John Rogers:
Hi, I'm John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com. In
this video we're going to look at some of the types of chairs
that're available in China. There are a large variety of different
arm chairs. One of the most popular ones is shown herein, the
horseshoe chair. This with it's obviously horseshoe...
John Rogers: Hi
my name is John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
Today we're going to talk about Chinese benches in our continuing
series of videos. Obviously benches come in a great variety of
styles and a great variety in lengths depending upon what their
original purpose was. How do you differentiate a...
John Rogers: Hi
my name is John from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
We're here today in our continuing series of videos to talk about
stools. Now how do I define or differentiate a stool from a bench?
The difference as far as I'm concerned for my purposes is a stool
is so that one person can sit. A bench is so...
John Rogers:
And we're both here from ChineseAntiqueFurnitureShop.com.
And we have a continuing series of videos on Chinese antique
furniture. And in this...
