Comparison of Traditional and Modern Furniture Hardware Designs

In traditional furniture, furniture hardware mainly serves a decorative function and is considered as an accessory of furniture. However, since the 1960s, the importance of hardware in the furniture industry has been continuously increasing. Apart from its traditional decorative function, hardware has also shown remarkable advantages in practical application. Especially in the context of continuous development of modern science and technology and the expansion of urban construction scale, the material and spiritual living standards of the society are constantly moving towards high standardization and diversification. This makes the personalization of hardware in the application of furniture increasingly important, while ensuring its practical and aesthetic features.

1.Characteristics of Traditional Furniture Hardware

In terms of expression, conventional furniture hardware can be divided into two types: exposed and concealed hardware. Among them, concealed hardware mainly focuses on the realization of functional applications, while exposed hardware mainly focuses on the implementation of "decoration and function". In traditional furniture, the pace of the society was relatively slow, and people had a relatively leisurely lifestyle. Therefore, the decoration of furniture hardware was particularly exquisite. In addition, affected by technical factors, most of the traditionalfurniture hardware are exposed hardware. While playing the basic application function of hardware, it has become an important part of furniture decoration. Specifically, in order to express the desire and pursuit of a better life, people in ancient times often selected some auspicious patterns in the decorative patterns of furniture hardware, which were often imitated from nature or objects. At the same time, these patterns were expressed in various ways, including hollowing out and carving, which contributed to the overall coordination of furniture.

2. Characteristics of Modern Furniture Hardware

In the development process of modern society, the process of urban development continues to accelerate, leading to an increase in the pace of life and living standards of the society. In the reinforced concrete city life, people are eager to have a stable and leisurely life. Therefore, in interior decoration, a considerable number of audiences hope that the style of furniture can embody natural and simple features, and can reflect a sense of warmth in the entire interior space through reasonable decoration solutions. Under this ideological influence, furniture hardware is mainly divided into the following three types of expression:

(1) Functional furniture hardware;

(2) Decorative furniture hardware;

(3) Decorative structural furniture hardware. In addition to decorative structural furniture hardware such as handles and castors, other hardware is mostly hidden in the modern furniture market.

At the same time, in the decoration of this part of hardware, not only does it have the imitation of natural and object patterns in traditional furniture hardware, but it also has a large number of concise collection forms. Meanwhile, the color and pattern creation methods are more diversified, artistic, and humanized.

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