中国古人对家具的制做最注重材质,这是体现身份的首要条件。这一点与西方人的家具设计观不同,西方人首先注重式样,材质在其次,因此,西方家具几乎不见硬木。明朝以降,由于手工业的发达,木工工具的革新,加之贸易往来的频繁,使之家具制造业有了突飞猛进的发展。史书记载,紫檀价格昂贵,为楠木二十倍以上,紫檀作为家具中的顶级材料,早在明朝就已备受 The ancient Chinese furniture manufacturing system most attention to material, which is the primary condition of identity. This is different from Westerners’ view of furniture design. Westerners focus on style first, material is second, so there is almost no hardwood in Western furniture. The Ming Dynasty to decline, due to the development of handicrafts, woodworking tools innovation, combined with frequent trade, so that the furniture manufacturing industry has been by leaps and bounds. History records, red sandalwood expensive, more than twenty times for the Phoebe, red sandalwood furniture as the top material, as early as the Ming Dynasty has been much