Furniture is mankind's civilization and mankind life practice of outcome, it chaperonage mankind civilization of development and society progress continuously development.The mankind particularly are science according to the exaltation of the change and productivity level of living condition technique of progress, continuously create new of furniture.Take a wide view the whole furniture development history, furniture of development and building, carve, painting etc. the art form be synchronous development, in the meantime, in the history progress, the furniture melt technique, material and craft at the integral whole and continuously attain new of high peak.The development of furniture is a world dissimilarity nation, dissimilarity history period cultural art, building style, appreciate beauty interesting aspect, science technique and life style of comprehensive body now.

The furniture is mankind life essential to have of life tools and implements, according to the statistics of sociology expert, majority society member and furniture contact of time have above 2/3 of life.Furniture of design and manufacturing, with mankind life vitally related, is a particularly modern furniture of design and manufacturing, is also a body now contemporary life level and quality of main marking.Constantly design development new of furniture, pass person and furniture, person and environment of continuously moderate development, will take people go into a new of, more fine of life space, is people creation renewal of life style.

China tradition the furniture have long history.The creation of the furniture in China can top trace new stone age.Arrive Qin2 Han4 from the new stone age period, be subjected to culture and productivity of restriction, the furniture be all very simple and crude.People seat on the floor and the furniture be all lower and short.South and North Dynasty after, Gao Xing2's furniture be gradually many.Go to Tang Dynasty, Gao Xing2's furniture gradually popular, the seat ground sit with hang foot to sit two kinds of life style alternation growth and decay.Go to Sung generation, hang Gao Xing2 whom the foot sit a furniture universality folks, become people living work and rest to use the main form of furniture.Go to this, China tradition the basic already set of the shape, structure of the wood furniture.Henceforth, along with society economy, culture of development, China tradition the furniture is in the craft, shape, structure, decorate etc. day attain mature, go to Ming Dynasty but yield unusually brilliant results, get into a brilliancy period, and in the furniture history of world occupy importance position.Manchu dynasty furniture consider to enlarge and pay attention to Diao decoration but have a style of its own.The beginning of 20 centuries, because of under the influence of foreign furniture appeared "do in the western style" of new style furniture.After the 50's, China furniture industry quick development.80's, at draw lessons from all countries dissimilarity of furniture style and forerunner produce technique of in the meantime, China the furniture continuously discover tradition technical skill, and combine oneself of state of the nation people's custom, gradual formation generation new of furniture style.

Period in 19 centuries before, four countries in the North Europe-Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, although accidentally have a war disorderly, total of to say, enjoy for long time self-sufficient of peace life.They have already taken agriculture as tradition and middle class culture is foundation of special life style.Their farmers' aring general is an usage self-made of tradition furniture, hard also very comfort, reach of upper level officer the expensive furniture use all come from England, France, or according to England, France the furniture appearance make copy of furniture.Two post-war Industrial Revolution cause of society structure change, they adhere to respectively nation of tradition, style, material, craft, oneself design and produce the town house furniture have become their common understanding with common activity.They absorb 20 century 30's Austria that kind of the designer, craftsman and manufactory be close cooperation of experience, persistence kind three combine of mode of production, obtained better effect.Europe of modern building of rise, especially Germany pack Hao Si of modern building theories of influence, to the furniture of North Europe four countries design creation instruction of influence.But four countries in the North Europe at the same time choice a special road, these be the road that modern furniture and tradition style combine together, combine together with place material and combine together with craft.Their design at 1900 of Paris exposition up, and afterwards acquired in Europe and the United States of the exhibition huge of success, get nations of acknowledgement, widespread think this to be the modern furniture which have human interest.North Europe furniture performance to form and decorate of forbear, to tradition value of respect, to natural material of is partial to, to the unify of the form and the function, worship the handicraft article quality.