Indonesian Antique Furniture
What is Antique Furniture? Something which has hundreds of ages and limited in number, must be so precious and sumptuous. Antique furniture is included into this category. Antique Is Unique. A piece of Antique Furniture is so unique because of the availability is limited and may remain the only one. Its physical condition may not be perfect due to age and lack of maintenance, but its historical values are priceless. It is amazing to still have it today after its long journey of hundreds of years that shape it into Antique. Beside prestige, decorating our home interior with an Antique Furniture awaken an atmosphere of beauty, luxury and majesty of the past. Not because of its expensive price, but because the antique furniture has a priceless historical journey.
Back to the definition of antique, apart from its long history, what are the characteristics that should be fulfilled by an Antique Furniture? Antique Furniture is a furniture that was produced in hundreds of years ago and no longer produced. It stays with its original conditions, has a proper look and function for use or display. An antique is authentic and unmodified, each part is left as it was. However, it needs a cleaning and polishing to maintain its original good looking.
In general, Antique Furniture has the following characteristics.
- Antique Furniture manufactured since hundreds of years ago.
- Antique Furniture usually made using aged wood with an exceptional quality. It is obvious that we can still see it till today.
- The type of construction and connections that are applied between components of Antique Furniture are very strong without using of nails, but using wooden dowels.
- The metal accessories mounted on Antique Furniture are made of iron, brass, or copper have finest quality that are very strong and still survive till today.
How About the Characteristic of Indonesian Antique Furniture? The history of Indonesian Furniture is thought to have started in the early 16th century when the VOC (Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) exploited teak forests in Java island of Indonesia. The carving motifs applied on Indonesian Furniture in ancient times were not much different from the style of furniture in that century. Indonesian Antique Furniture is dominated by ethnic nuances with floral motifs. In addition, Indonesian Antique Furniture also adopted the design of a designer who was popular in Europe at that time, namely Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. In addition to Dutch style furniture, Indonesia also adopted European Style Furniture that developed in that century, especially British style furniture and French style furniture.
Where and What is the current condition? Due to the limited number and high price, Antique Furniture is currently limited to collectors. It is not easy to own antique furniture, unless we have a link that connects us with the collectors. We might still be able to find it in some antique markets if we’re lucky, but the condition is not as perfect as the collectors have. Some of them are available on the Antique Action, but very rare.
How to buy Indonesian Antique Furniture? We are sorry to inform you that we don’t sell original antique furniture. What we do is reproduce them in the same design or recreate antique look furniture with reclaimed wood in our own contemporary design. How to buy Antique Furniture from Indonesia? If you are new to Indonesia Furniture business or wish to meet with New Supplier to upgrade your business volume, we suggest you to have recourse to and partnering with parties who have been experienced in the that field. It is better investing time and the necessary at the beginning rather than experiencing bigger losses due to wrong decisions making caused by the lack of knowledge about Indonesia Furniture. There are many Indonesian Sourcing Agents who will be professionally happy to assist you to identify the reliable Furniture Manufacturer and the Decorative Items Suppliers. Feel free to contact LUMASA for further assistances. LUMASA 24 hours support available at +62 812 2805 4565 or e-mail to [email protected]. Happy sourcing… Happy shopping!
Source of Refences:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antique_furniture
https://holywoodfurniture.id/blog/sejarah/asal-usul-adanya-hutan-jati-di-indonesia
http://antikeropa.com/rumah-mewah-dengan-meja-kursi-raffles-belanda