Show I i Chinese Furniture Makers Makes T i f ill ll Il IS IS' interesting t to note not the Hie jn nano- nano nU- nU facture oC or f furniture I in lu Hon Hung Hong I Kong ong under un- un 1 der lor Eur can management un und and super- super j I vision flon The work Is given gl out to I Chinese Individuals Wll nIr operate in ht their homes or 01 in their own o small email stops shops The sawing saving Is Ig done wholly b by hand hond huge huse logs loss of teal larger than nn any pine being patiently and und slowly cut Into thin boar boards s. s Time is no object object object ob ob- to the Chinese While a Chinese carpenter I who lacks th the tho qualities to lo entitle nUllo him to bo be called a n cabinetmaker cabinet cabinet- I maker will Imitate an any article motle-Je gl given gln n i him to make maJc oven even an artistic piece of furniture ho he seems to lack originality lIt and amI any attempt to have a 3 apiece apiece piece of furniture made after generic Instructions Is la quite sure to lo prove pro dis dis- appointing Fo For Instance with a pic lite- picture lure ture in his hand hatH ho can do nothing with It Tho The Ideas Mens of what constitute proportion pro pro- portion and taste are ore his own The Tae Chinese art of furniture malting making Is handed down from rom Cath father to 10 son and I unless instructed the lh worker r will fol follow follow follow fol- fol low the fashion of ih h hit ag For FOI Instance in instance In- In n- n stance stanco h ht he will ill bring two 10 pl ph s or 01 wood together r and join john them with a nail The European n instructor teaches leaches hi jhn in to make a hole hol and sink Fink In one piece piCc in III another This never 1101 1 occurred tobun 1 to him bun before Ono One firm Olm sent Its No o. 1 joiner to England for fOI six Ix months months' In It- It He lie returned to Hong Kong and anil Iou taught hl his associates what he had learned Th The practice of oC i Europeans here In ht putting Chinese H to work worl on furniture Is Ig to make drawings to actual actual act act- ual size these to be pasted on the wood Every cry part of oC a n table for Instance in In- In stance Is hi drawn full rull size by br the Europ Euro Euro- p ans Tie The Chinese carpenter tal takes E these e drawings home and unless Iii his Hix j economy In salving ing the wood ml ad him he lit d dues H-b H a vr v vry ry Y y faithful job joh j I Tr Tak I j. j i i- I III Ih h. h fa fi it tl I fi fur I In Hong Kong Kling it il comes come front from I j i Ibl South The man many varieties of I iI I handsome ha American n woods air arr- mUI much h admired here herf notably the th golden olden oak i I and eye birds re maple which are alE both hoth said to stand tand the climate w well Freight charges harge can be bo greatly reduced by shipping th the late furniture knocked down provided It con can be put together at its destination b by unskilled 1 hands French I furniture I Is largely largel sold old here much of It coming coining knocked down The Chinese are arc exquisite polishers and anil ItIs it itIs itis Is likely that If it American furniture l 11 ran be bf shipped iH here re In 11 the late white i i the final process could be be- bedone done clone economically eco eo- eo lI h by then them The rho mission furI fur- fur I nil un designs df lin- lin are in favor avo in lIon K Kong ng and amt the Chinese hinl make con ld- ld of It under r instructions |