At the top-end of the furniture industry is an exceptionally expensive class of work, considered by many to be collectors items, typified by hand carving, called Chinese style furniture.
傢具業有一種價錢極高、接近收藏品而非消費品的特殊產品，那就是中國藝術雕刻傢具。雖然我國古代傢具及建築多為木製，不像石材那麼容易保存，年代一久即無從考察原貌，但從文獻上仍可尋出蛛絲馬跡。