Artistic features of the ornamental patterns appeared in the traditional storage furniture in Inner Mongolia were discussed from the views of form and connotation.The external forms included the features such as symmetry and balance,unification and variation,contrast and harmony.The internal meanings of the patterns included worship complex,military tradition,and good wishes for life.The discussion would be helpful for the design of modern furniture with national features.

This paper took antique beds in "Southern Yangtze Bed Museum" as an example to analyze the decoration features in detail through three aspects,which are decoration parts,decoration techniques and decoration content.Although it couldn't completely represent the canopy beds in this area,I hope readers can know something about the art,the culture and even the life there.

传统苏作家具制作需经过划线、打眼、锯榫、装配、雕花、髹漆等工艺过程,而划线是其基础,零件上的每一根线都直接影响着产品的后续加工及最终质量。经验丰富的划线师傅从中摸索出了许多的经验,从而能够在划线过程中采取多种措施,以保证家具榫卯的精准、装配的方便、外观面的美观以及产品的牢固。

明式罗汉床是特定时代的特定生活方式的产物,其高雅的艺术格调与形式是与儒道思想的传承、对外贸易的发展、商业的繁荣、文人尚古、好雅的趣味等息息相关的。明式罗汉床的造型体现了良好的比例尺度、对称与平衡、对比与调和、节奏与韵律等形式美法则,并且精于用材,装饰考究,结构合理,因此整体体现出自然空灵,高雅脱俗的韵味,同时还蕴藏着深刻的文化内涵。

众所周知,划线工艺是制作中国传统家具的基础,它决定了家具的结构、比例以及最终形态。苏州红木雕刻厂的一款南官帽椅的划线工艺,全面展示了匠师的划线过程,使我们领悟到其工艺之美、传统之美。它对作为非物质文化遗产的明式家具的传承与发展有一定的积极意义。

<正>"江南之侈,尤莫过于三吴……吴制器而美,以为非美弗珍也……四方贵吴而吴益工于器。"苏州自古即手工艺发达,而明式家具则为其中的一枝奇葩。苏州红木雕刻厂作为解放后苏州成立的第一家红木制品企业,拥有一大批技艺精湛的老艺人,经过他们几辈人的努力,