What are the characteristics and advantages of our handcrafted rattan furniture?

Inheriting the 1,700-year-old Bashu rattan weaving craftsmanship, Sichuan National Intangible Cultural Heritage handmade rattan furniture adopts 32 exquisite traditional intangible heritage weaving techniques and strictly follows 18 complete ancient handmade procedures. It ingeniously integrates traditional hand-weaving craftsmanship with modern precision manufacturing techniques, skillfully combining diverse shapes, textures, patterns and fabric decorations while retaining the natural original color of rattan materials. Every piece is an exclusive intangible cultural heritage treasure handmade by artisans. Irreplaceable by machine-made products, it features unique craft charm and cultural heritage, serving as an ideal bridge that connects living spaces with nature and integrates natural charm into daily life.


32 exquisite traditional intangible heritage weaving techniques”:



1. Breathable, Comfortable and Sleep-enhancing

Featuring a permeable texture, rattan furniture delivers excellent air permeability and a fresh, mild touch. The simple and natural hue of rattan helps soothe the mind and relieve stress. Equipping bedrooms with more rattan furniture in summer effectively cools down the space and improves sleep quality. An elegant rattan bed matched with exquisite rattan nightstands, rattan bedside lamps, floor lamps and rattan curtains can create a quiet, cool and natural living corner.


2. Warm in Winter and Cool in Summer, Long-lasting and Durable

Rattan furniture maintains a constant comfortable temperature all year round, warm in winter and cool in summer. Rooted in the 1,700-year ancient craft system, raw rattan materials are elaborately processed through 18 traditional handmade procedures, including material selection, high-temperature steaming, natural air-drying, shaping, natural bleaching, mildew prevention, corrosion resistance and sterilization. Layer-by-layer processing greatly enhances material stability, preventing deformation, cracking and wear. Combined with 32 exquisite intangible heritage weaving techniques, the furniture features a compact and uniform structure with balanced stress distribution. It boasts a far longer service life than ordinary machine-made rattan furniture and panel furniture, highlighting the outstanding craft value and cost performance of Sichuan handmade intangible cultural heritage rattan furniture.


3. Eco-friendly and Pollution-free

As a natural renewable plant material, rattan is fully biodegradable with no residual pollution. Made of pure natural raw materials without harmful chemical additives, rattan furniture causes no burden to human living environments or the ecological environment, making it an optimal choice for low-carbon and eco-friendly home furnishing.


4. Flexible, Sturdy and Highly Plastic

Adopting flexible combinations of 32 classic intangible heritage weaving techniques and refined production of 18 ancient craft procedures, Sichuan handmade rattan furniture achieves a perfect balance of texture and performance. It features a dense, solid and stable structure with a lightweight body. Crafted by experienced artisans with millennia-old techniques, the rattan material is tough, elastic, compression-resistant and deformation-proof. With excellent flexibility and plasticity exclusive to handmade craftsmanship, it can be shaped freely without loosening or distortion, meeting diverse high-end design and long-term daily use requirements with unique manual advantages that cannot be replicated by mechanical weaving.


5. Renewable Material with Wide Application Scenarios
Rattan is a fast-growing plant with a short growth cycle of only 5 to 7 years, ensuring sustainable renewable resources. Adorned with an elegant natural color, exquisite appearance, lightweight structure and pure natural texture, Sichuan intangible cultural heritage rattan furniture is versatile and widely applicable to balconies, courtyards, tea rooms, studies, living rooms and other residential and leisure spaces.

Post time:2021-10-13

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