Chapter 149 Qing Dynasty old mahogany moon door canopy bed
"To tell you the truth, Mr. Zhang, this canopy bed belongs to my family. This is the bed I slept on when I was a child.
Only later...
Alas, it’s hard to put it into words! Let’s not talk about this anymore.
I originally thought that I would never see him again in this life, but I didn't expect to meet you here, Mr. Zhang." Mr. Jin said with some emotion.
"It was really a coincidence that her mother opened the door for Qiao, and she arrived home by chance.
This is actually the bed that Mr. Jin slept on when he was a child. I didn’t say that. Mr. Jin, please take it away. Although the ornaments on it are gone, it is still a thought."
"This...how is this so embarrassing?"
"Master Jin, why are we so polite? If you have any good things in the future, just think of me and order them.
Let's make an agreement, I'll have this canopy bed cleaned out and maintained, and then you can take it away later." Zhang Junping said without any doubt.
"That's...okay! Thank you, Mr. Zhang, but I won't accept it!" Mr. Jin wanted to refuse, but when he saw the canopy bed, he thought of his happy childhood life.
Life was not easy at that time, not as good as when the Qing Dynasty was still around, but it was much better than it is now.
When he thought that all his family property had been sold, Mr. Jin wanted to take his childhood bed home even more.
When you sleep on it, your dreams will be sweet.
"Well, Mr. Zhang, I have another unkind request.
Didn’t I just say that I could help with furniture restoration?
I have a photo of this canopy bed in my hand, and you hope that Mr. Zhang can restore this canopy bed based on the photo." Mr. Jin had a slightly embarrassed look on his face.
After saying this, he was afraid that Zhang Junping would reject him, so he quickly said: "Well, I definitely don't want Mr. Zhang's work to be in vain!"
"Master Jin, you are so polite. It would be great if you could have a photo of the canopy bed. Don't worry, I promise to restore it to its original appearance," Zhang Junping said with great joy.
As for what Lord Jin said about working hard, Zhang Junping didn't care.
He focused on repairing the canopy bed. With the photos as a reference, repairing it would be much easier.
After talking for a while, Mr. Jin said goodbye and left, agreeing to send the photos over tomorrow.
After seeing off Mr. Jin, Zhang Junping returned to the living room, put away the bowl of pastel flowers with branches and blessings, and put it on the bookcase in the studio.
As he has more and more things in his hands, Zhang Junping wants to have a collection room of his own.
After putting away the bowl of pastel flowers with branches of good fortune and longevity, Zhang Junping returned to the warehouse.
It was still some time before he got off work, so Zhang Junping took apart yesterday's canopy bed.
This is also one of the charms of ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. All furniture can be disassembled, so that when it needs to be transported twice, the furniture will not be damaged due to collision due to excessive size.
The ancient furniture from the Ming and Qing Dynasties that Zhang Junping bought now needs to be repaired, and those that are not damaged also need to be maintained. In addition, the people who transported them before do not understand traditional furniture craftsmanship, so they have not been dismantled.
After restoration and maintenance, some of these furniture will be left for daily display and use, while the rest will be dismantled and sealed, which will also save a lot of space.
Soon, the Hainan Huanghuali canopy bed was dismantled into parts by Zhang Junping.
Putting the damaged parts aside, Zhang Junping called two apprentices and personally guided them to clean, polish and polish the intact furniture parts.
"First use a wet rag to clean the dust on it. Make sure the linen is slightly moist. That is, twist the water-soaked linen until it stops dripping. In addition, be sure to use warm water." Zhang Junping demonstrated to them personally.
Then let them get started cleaning dust from furniture parts.
The two apprentices took wet rags to clean the floating dust on the furniture parts. Zhang Junping was not idle either, taking out sandpaper and gently sanding away the dirt on the furniture.
Wiping with warm water can only remove the floating dust on the furniture. After more than ten years of Feng Shui exposure to the sun and rain, the furniture has long been covered with a thick layer of patina.
This layer of patina is actually condensed dirt, which needs to be sanded off bit by bit with sandpaper.
Some people say that if you use sandpaper to polish, the patina will be removed. No, the real patina has already penetrated into the wood.
All that was polished off was the dirt that had condensed on the outside.
After polishing and waxing, the furniture will truly show its charm. The historical heaviness will not disappear due to polishing and waxing.
Of course, when polishing, you also need to be careful not to use too much force, otherwise it will damage the wood of the furniture and destroy the historical heaviness deposited on the furniture.
I was busy until I got off work, and Zhang Junping stopped.
Starting today, after dinner, everyone will have to work overtime for two hours.
The workers were divided into two large groups. One group was carpenters who had already graduated, such as the eldest brother-in-law. They had to learn the application of mortise and tenon structures in the mortise and tenon showroom. The speaker was Zhang Junping.
Zhang Junping personally explained to them the application and deformation application of mortise and tenon structure.
Regarding this point, no one dares to question whether Zhang Junping is qualified to teach.
The mortise and tenon structure he made was displayed there. Even the four master craftsmen were amazed when they saw it. They had been working as carpenters all their lives and had been dealing with mortise and tenon structure all their lives. They didn't realize that there were so many mortise and tenon structures.
change.
Zhang Junping has long said that as long as they learn how to use the mortise and tenon structure, their wages will be increased.
So everyone's enthusiasm is very high.
The other group is apprentices, and all they have to do is learn how to use traditional carpenter tools.
This group is divided into four groups, led by four masters, Master Du and Zhao Jiazhu respectively.
What you have to do is very simple, just take the scraps and practice.
Today we are learning how to use an axe. Everyone has an ax in their hand, and then there are more than a dozen pieces of broken wood.
What they have to do is to split the pieces of wood into pieces, not just in half, but to use an ax to chop them into specified shapes and sizes.
Only when you achieve this step can you be considered qualified, and then start learning how to use the next carpenter's tool.
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The next day, Zhang Junping came to the furniture factory early.
Zhang Junping originally planned to purchase spring coils today, but he made an appointment with Mr. Jin yesterday, and Mr. Jin came to deliver photos early this morning.
Therefore, Zhang Junping could only go to the furniture factory to wait for Lord Jin.
Mr. Jin arrived quite early. Zhang Junping had just finished spot-checking the furniture parts that had been processed yesterday when Mr. Jin arrived.
Let Mr. Jin go to the living room.
"Master Zhang, this is a photo. Take a look and see if you can restore it to its original appearance." Mr. Jin took out the photo and handed it to Zhang Junping with both hands.
Zhang Junping took the photo, looked at it, and stood up excitedly.
The old mahogany moon-hole door canopy bed in the photo is so beautiful that Zhang Junping was a little suffocated by its beauty.
What makes Zhang Junping feel suffocated is that this canopy bed is a piece of mahogany lacquerware inlaid with silver.
This was the first time Zhang Junping had seen such a large piece of mahogany lacquerware inlaid with silver.