The Study On Hardware Accessories Of Chinese Traditional Furniture

China, as one of four ancient civilized countries, long history of several thousand years leaves the bright ancient civilization for the descendant. Chinese classic furniture has very brilliant status among them. Its main representative is fine works of furniture in the period of Ming and Qing dynasty Which have reached the peak no matter in the artistic style or in culture, with quite high status in the culture history of the furniture of the world. The hardware accessories of Chinese traditional furniture as an important part in classical furniture structure and decorative art is one of the important characteristics to embody its style too, It is naturally inestimable on the role which it plays. They are various in variety, fine in technology , wide in use, abundant in form and shape. It increases much splendor for antique traditional furniture especially for the Ming- Qing furniture. To study it, no matter at literature, histories, folklores, histories of art and so on ,it has to be great social and economic value, and tell us a lot of unprecedented things too at the same time .This subject depends deeply on taking pictures on the spot in Chinese classical furniture enterprises, markets, museums and etc. and studying experience from forefathers. Combined my own view, with emphasis on the furniture of Ming and Qing dynasties, systemical study on the development course, decorative positon, function,technology method, modelling characteristics of the hardware accessories of Chinese traditional furniture was carried out,The picture gathered were classified and a preliminary researched on pattern decoration especially the applications of lucky patterns was made. This subject with emphasis on collecting and arranging pictures is to :On one hand offer the basic reference for the enterprises of producing Chinese antique furniture, repairing classical furniture, the hardware accessories of traditional furniture to produce the classical furniture with fine forms and meaningful spirits, on the other hand offer the systematic reference to China's classical furniture investor, collector, appreciator.