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The Furniture in the Ming Dynasty generally refers to the furniture from the Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynasty with good materials, fine craftsmanship, and beautiful design.  Making full use of the natural characteristics of the hard wood, the Ming dynasty style furniture is characterized by the simple design, precise structure, proper decoration and elegant textures, which constitutes its natural and lingering charm with elegance and profundity. Therefore the furniture made in later generations with the above characteristics is referred as “Ming Style Furniture” in general. Due to its profound cultural value, the furniture in the Ming Dynasty is attached with great importance in China’s craftwork history along with the lacquer works in the Qin and Han Dynasty and the gold and silver ware in the Tang Dynasty.? The Qing –style furniture is noted for being profound and solemn. It is featured by its extensive use of materials, increased sizes and plump postures, rich variety and diversity. The furniture can be decorated with ivory carving, bamboo carving and lacquer carving and embedded with patterns made of wood, bamboo, stone, china, mother-of-pearl. The decorative patterns use various homophonic names of auspicious words. For example, Ruyi Jade (玉如意) inserted in a treasure bottle means Safety and Fortune; the combination of magpies and plum blossoms represent Eye Twinkle with Joy. Duobaoge (Treasure Box) Duobaoge is universally acclaimed as one of the furniture types that possess the strongest feature of the Qing Dynasty furniture. Qing chairs used to be known by the ambiguous term taishiyi. The taishiyi is defined differently in various regions and at different dates. Chinese Ming and Qing Furniture Chinese Ming furniture is known for its simple and elegant de