How To Spot Fake Antique Furniture

1. Check whether the coating is natural: In general old furniture, there will be naturally formed coating in the position where the user's hand often touches. The coating in the new imitation is either unnatural or in places where the furniture is not often touched. Pulp.

2. Look at the bottom plate and drawer board of the furniture: The bottom plate and drawer board of the old table have an old-fashioned look. One of the important points is to look at the tenon of the old furniture. The tenon of the old furniture is square, and it is the tip that locks the tenon. If you see that the mortise is round at both ends, it means it is machined, and it must be a new imitation.

3. Look at the wood grain: There will be uneven wood grain on the surface of some furniture, but it depends on whether the wood grain is hard rubbed with a wire brush.

4. Look at the refurbishment marks: After some cloth chairs are refurbished, the original seat ring will leave dense nail holes. This kind of chair is old, and you can see these holes as long as the chair is turned over.

5. Look at the carving: from the style and carving level. Old-fashioned furniture is produced with relatively wide working hours and a calm mentality of craftsmen. Therefore, old-fashioned furniture generally needs to be carefully carved, and the furniture looks round and natural. But for new imitation furniture, processors are often in a hurry in order to reduce costs, which will reveal their flaws in carving, especially in Chinese-style furniture, which is not round enough and not firm enough.