All the pieces included in this group are perfect imitations made nowadays by chinese carpenters in the style of the classical ming and qing dynasties' furniture. Many vendors will try to pass these pieces off as a real antique, but be careful -if the piece looks to good to be old this should be a tale tell sign -. Especially don't be fooled by "certificates of authenticity" or "wax seals" which mean nothing in most cases.
The material used for these reproductions can be selected among the whole range of tropical and strictly chinese woods, even the age of the wood itself, to some extent, can be chosen. These pieces should only be bought from a reputable dealer because many factories in china are specializing in this type of furniture using low quality woods caring more about a quick sale than building a solid business.
Ningbo Tianyuan Mingqing Furniture Co., Ltd. is an antique Chinese furniture manufacturer with more than two decades of history and experience. All antique furnitures that it offers are collected and procured from ancient townships and folk villages in the northern regions like Shanxi, Hebei, Henan, etc. Owing to using scientific tenon-and-mortise construction of the early Qing dynasty combined with ancient workmanship, the products are capable of going through several hundreds of years without crack, collapse or deformation. The perfection is resulted from exquisite restoration by Chinese Antique & Reproduction Furniture in strict conformity with traditional processing process and techniques...
