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2. Chinese Cabinets in Schönbrunn Palace - Wikipedia

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   This inspired them to redecorate the Schönrunn's Chinese Cabinets. In the second phase of reconstruction (1755–60) both cabinets received their current appearance with the white painted wooden panelling, the so-called boiseries, and the thin wooden gilded Rococo ornaments. On consoles on the walls, porcelain figures, vases and vessels were ...

3. Ancient Chinese wooden architecture - Wikipedia

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   A fundamental achievement of Chinese wooden architecture is the load-bearing timber frame, a network of interlocking wooden supports forming the skeleton of the building. This is considered China's major contribution to worldwide architectural technology. However, it is not known how the builders got the huge wooden support columns into position.

4. Chinese furniture - Wikipedia

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   Construction of traditional wooden Chinese furniture is based primarily of solid wood pieces connected solely using woodworking joints, and rarely using glue or metallic nails. The reason was that the nails and glues used did not stand up well to the vastly fluctuating temperatures and humid weather conditions in most of Central and Southeast ...

5. 118 Satisfying Before And After Restoration Pics That Prove ...

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   One of my personal favorite restoration projects I see people doing is making old and antique wooden furniture look almost new. #4 Picked This One Up For The Price Of The U-Haul To Haul It.

6. Jiehua - Wikipedia

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   Jiehua (simplified Chinese: 界画; traditional Chinese: 界畫) painting, sometimes translated as “border painting,” “boundary painting,” or “ruled-line painting,” is a field within Chinese visual art that describes paintings featuring detailed renderings of architecture with shan shui (mountains and rivers) backgrounds and figures, boats, and carts as embellishments.

7. Paifang - Wikipedia

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   Paifang come in a number of forms. One form involves placing wooden pillars onto stone bases, which are bound together with wooden beams. This type of paifang is always beautifully decorated, with the pillars usually painted in red, the beams decorated with intricate designs and Chinese calligraphy, and the roof covered with coloured tiles, complete with mythical beasts—just like a Chinese ...