Chapter 144 Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali Canopy Bed
Looking at the Arhat couch that he had casually moved out, Zhang Junping shook his head helplessly.
It is not difficult to repair this Luohan couch. The difficulty lies in the inlaid marble, not the craftsmanship, but the material.
I don’t have any marble material on hand.
It is not difficult to buy a few pieces of marble at random, but such marble is not suitable for furniture inlay materials, so the repair work of the Luohan couch can only be put on hold for the time being.
Why is it so difficult to repair furniture? It’s too simple and I don’t want to repair it. It’s too complex to be missing this or that. Isn’t there a moderately difficult piece of furniture for me to repair?
Zhang Junping paced back and forth in the warehouse where the furniture was stored, looking for suitable furniture.
A canopy bed caught Zhang Junping's eyes.
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That’s it!
This is a canopy bed made from Hainan Huanghuali in the Ming Dynasty. Now it is so rotten that only six upright columns and crossbars are left. There are also broken and hollow railings hanging on the canopy bed.
This canopy bed is called a Menweizi canopy bed in Beijing. People in the South call it a six-poster bed because the canopy bed has six upright posts.
The drawer is gone, empty.
That’s it!
Zhang Junping carefully moved the canopy bed out.
Originally, he did not plan to repair the furniture made of precious wood from the beginning. He hoped to find some common furniture to repair.
Unfortunately, after looking around, I found that the furniture made of ordinary wood was either simple and unchallenging, or lacked the necessary materials and could not be repaired.
In the end, I could only choose this Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed.
Zhang Junping had his own considerations in choosing this Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed. First, he had ready-made materials for the missing parts of the canopy bed, 120 tons of Hainan Huanghuali logs. How could he remove the heartwood?
With several tons, there is no shortage of materials.
Second, he ate the crab of shame. Although the crab was digested and turned into waste and pulled out, the shame remained in his body forever.
The master's shame is his shame. If he has the opportunity, he will avenge his shame and let the world know that Beijing furniture has not declined and can still make beautiful and practical canopy beds.
Restoring this Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed is just the beginning.
After deciding to restore this Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed, Zhang Junping began to measure the dimensions and draw structural drawings.
This Ming Dynasty Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed was just bought from the Beijing Woodware Factory, so Zhang Junping did not include this bed in his previous research materials.
Everything starts over.
Zhang Junping was busy until night before he drew the structural diagram and three-dimensional perspective view of Hainan Huanghuali Canopy Bed in the Ming Dynasty.
And mark the missing parts on it.
The next work is simple. You only need to make the missing parts according to the perspective and structural diagrams, and then reassemble them, and you're done.
Of course, the perspective and structural drawings drawn by Zhang Junping are not completely copies of the prototype of the canopy bed, but some modifications have been made.
For example, the drawer has an underlay processing, so that after the canopy bed is completed, a Simmons mattress can be placed on it.
The bed sheets and bedside boards are aligned, which does not look obtrusive and also changes the discomfort caused by the original canopy bed board being too hard.
Zhang Junping also considered making a soft-drawer bed surface, but later thought about it and gave up.
Soft drawers refer to the surfaces of stools, chairs, and couches in furniture made of rattan strips. As early as the Song Dynasty, it was very common to use rattan mats as soft drawers for beds, couches, and chairs.
This technology is widely used in stools, chairs, beds, and couches. Good soft drawers are thin and dense, with rich and varied textures, and a lifespan of more than 100 years. People sit or lie on the soft drawers for a long time, because the soft drawers
Breathable and soft, it can relieve fatigue on stressed skin and is of great benefit to the human body. Most of the high-end furniture in the Ming and Qing Dynasties used this kind of soft drawer rattan surface.
The combination of the rigidity of hardwood furniture and the softness of rattan drawers enhances the comfort of the furniture.
Especially in the furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rattan weaving technology is very mature and has formed a specialized handicraft production industry. Rattan weaving is more widely used in traditional furniture. The soft drawers made of rattan are extremely delicate in craftsmanship and are as silky as weaving. Today's people are amazed and praised.
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This kind of soft drawer technology is mainly used in southern furniture, such as Guangzhou furniture and Suzhou furniture.
It cannot be said that there are no applications for furniture in the north and Beijing, it can only be said that there are very few, and they are all passed down from the south.
The reason why Zhang Junping gave up the soft drawer rattan noodles was because he did not know how to make soft drawer rattan noodles.
But this was not the main reason why he gave up. The more important reason was that the soft-drawer vine noodles were not suitable for the north.
The rattan surface of the soft drawer is not only soft and comfortable, but also very breathable, which greatly improves the comfort of the furniture. Especially in summer, the breathable and soft soft drawer can relieve fatigue of the stressed skin and prevent you from feeling stuffy.
But this is why it is not suitable for the north, because the weather in the north is cold, and the better the breathability of the soft drawer vine surface, the colder it will be when sleeping on it in winter.
Some people will say that it is not easy to handle. In summer, it is a bed with soft drawers and rattan cover, and in winter, it is a hard wooden bed.
The ancients were very particular about beds, which played an important role in family life. They believed that beds could hide wind and collect water. No one would change beds casually, and one would have to sleep on one bed for a lifetime.
Some elderly people suffer from insomnia as soon as they change beds.
To sum up, Zhang Junping decided to embed the Simmons mattress into the drawer of the canopy bed.
It not only solves the problem of comfort, but also takes into account the aesthetics of the canopy bed.
When the workers outside got off work, Zhang Junping packed up the sketches he had drawn in the afternoon and left after get off work.
The bicycle was requisitioned by Huang Xue, and Zhang Junping could only return to Wangfujing on his legs.
Looking at the cheerful bicycles on the road and the crisp ringing of their bells, Zhang Junping gave himself a gentle slap.
It’s really crazy. I don’t know what to think in my mind day by day. Huang Xue rode away my bicycle. It’s been so long and I haven’t even thought about buying another one.
Thinking of buying a bicycle, Zhang Junping took a detour and ran to Dashilan to buy ten industrial coupons.
Then I went to Wangfujing Department Store and bought a women’s bicycle.
Naturally, the new bike is for Miss Huang. I still like the bike I assembled myself and feel a sense of accomplishment when riding it.
In this era, women's bicycles are only slightly slimmer than 28-inch bicycles, so men have no problem riding them.
It's just that a grown man riding a lady's bicycle attracts more attention.
Fortunately, it was new, and curious passers-by just glanced at it with envy, guessing that the bike was bought for the person they were dating.
If this was an old ladies' bicycle, maybe some enthusiastic people would report it to the police to investigate the bicycle's origins.
Zhang Junping rode his bicycle back to DreamWorks. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a brand new bicycle parked in the yard.
Liu Zhengwen, his wife, and Huang Xue were surrounding the bicycle and didn't know what they were saying.
"Hey, it's okay, Old Liu, I'm going to buy a bicycle!" Zhang Junping said to Liu Zhengwen with a smile.