In recent years, forged metal designs and decorative elements are back in fashion. When choosing a piece of furniture made by forging, it is necessary to determine its purpose. What functions will it perform and where will it be located? Are there tasks before her?
As a rule, I produce beds, kitchen furniture items from forged steel, as well as wrought iron gates , garden benches. Manufacturers also offer a large assortment of secondary accessories that will complement an existing furniture composition or act as a separate decoration object. When choosing products from forged metal, you should also calculate the cost, since the work of private craftsmen is significantly more expensive than the price of products produced on the conveyor.
You can distinguish handcrafted furniture from mass-produced products by visual inspection. Thus, decorative elements decorated with various curls or curved lines are most likely the result of the work of a private master. The narrowed or flattened ends of the parts at the edges will also say about belonging to manual work. In general, hand forging is also determined by its characteristic hammer marks - they can be seen on the hidden (seamy) side of the object.
If at the ends of the spirals of the structure there are traces of cutting or they end with a welded cone, then it is more likely that these are products produced by the machine. It is important to take into account that artistic forging does not allow the presence of insertion elements produced from foreign materials. As a last resort, such additions may have a purely decorative function. For example, solid wood inserts can be found at the head of a bed or in the back of a chair.
When buying a product, you should also inquire about the primary material from which the piece of furniture is made. To do this, it is enough to gently shake the object. If the chair or bed is moving, wobbly, or unstable, then the item is probably made of hollow tubes rather than a solid metal block. Weight is also an important criterion when choosing forged furniture. It determines how reliable the product is - heavy furniture is preferable. For example, a massive forged bed can weigh up to 80 kg. When assessing strength, you need to pay attention to load indicators. So, iron bridges are able to withstand almost any adult.
