What are the types of official hat chairs and how to distinguish them?

The official hat chair is named after its appearance is similar to that of ancient officials. It can be divided into two types: southern official hat chair and four-headed official hat chair. From the modeling point of view, the southern official hat chair is not as generous as the four-headed chair, but it is easier to play in the decoration technique, and the chair back and armrest can be decorated in various forms; Materials can be round, curved and straight. Characterized in that a soft fillet is made at the joint of the upright post of the chair back and the lap joint, the upright post is tenon, the cross beam is tenon, and the cross beam is pressed on the upright post. The "S"-shaped chair back mostly adopts the method of frame plate, which is divided into grids, or carved with through holes and wishful clouds, or embossed with a group of simple patterns, which is beautiful and elegant. Usually used in pairs, rarely used alone.

Photos of official hat chairs in their early forties

? The so-called four-year official hat chair actually means that the armchair should lean on both ends of the back of the head and the front ends of the left and right armrests, and the back plate is mostly S-shaped, mostly a whole plate. The end of the chair armrest is polished into a round head, giving people a soft and smooth feeling. Simple and generous modeling and clear and beautiful texture colors form elegant and noble styles and characteristics. There were official hat chairs in Ming and Qing dynasties, but the production was different, mainly in the brain, backrest and armrest. In the Qing Dynasty, the head of the official hat chair was mostly in the shape of Luo or flowers, and the backrest and armrest were mostly decorated with flowers, which was completely different from the simple and simple style of the Ming Dynasty.

2, plush chair

? The plush chair is the only chair named after an official position in China classical furniture. It was first used in the Song Dynasty, and it was recorded and described in poetry books, celebrity handwriting and several influential dictionaries in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. The original form of plush chair is a kind of chair similar to the top chair. In Qing dynasty, plush chair became the proper term of armchair.

? The armrest, armrest and chair surface of the plush chair are at right angles, which is solemn and rigorous. Because of its popularity in the Qing Dynasty, it has the characteristics of qing-style furniture, such as heavy materials, generous exaggeration and complicated decoration. All these characteristics of it are for one purpose, that is, to highlight the status and identity of the owner, as can be seen from its name-it is a chair where the "Tai Shi" sits.