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Chinese antique furniture
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Chinese antique furniture
rail
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
A horizontal bar running between the legs or uprights of a piece.
patina
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
Surface texture of furniture that develops with age.
mount
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
A decorative fitting attached to furniture (often of metal, ormolu or ceramic).
mortise-and-tenon joint
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
A joint formed by hollowing out a hole (mortise) in one piece of wood and inserting a second, projecting piece (tenon); sometimes glued or held in place with a dowel.
mortise and tenon structure
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
A type of joinery which connects furniture components with an extended tongue (tenon) fitted precisely into a cutout (mortise) of chinese antique furniture.
molding
Home furnishings; Chinese antique furniture
Decorative pieces of wood, often carved, attached by joinery to the joints of a piece
