I. Types of mahogany furniture in China
1, Huangli mahogany
Huang Huali is a valuable wood in China, and it is also the main material of hardwood furniture in Ming and Qing Dynasties. Yellow pear is yellow in color, delicate in material, soft in texture and rich in fragrance. Mahogany is a green Asian tree, which is produced in Southeast Asia and has fine but not dense irregular crab claw texture.
2. Black rosewood
Black rosewood is mainly divided into: Amazon Dalbergia, Brazil Dalbergia, African ebony, Lushi black rosewood; Ukrainian wood is mainly produced in India, Thailand, Myanmar and other places. The core material of Ukrainian wood is black, not ordinary black, with fine structure and hard material. African mahogany belongs to rosewood, with bright luster and slight smell.
3. Red rosewood
Red rosewood is mainly produced in Southeast Asia and is called "old mahogany" in northern China. Although this kind of mahogany has a slightly lower status, it is also very valuable.
4, chicken wing wood
Chicken wing wood is also called "Qizi wood", and wood grain is a bit like chicken wings. The texture of chicken wings is interlaced and clear, and the color is abrupt. Wood has no fragrance, the growth rings are not obvious, the wood is cut into bright yellow, and it will turn brown or dark brown when exposed to air.
5.sequoia sempervirens
South American mahogany is mainly produced in tropical South America, and the core material is reddish brown. This kind of mahogany has strong durability and good wear resistance, and it is joinery.
2. What are the characteristics of China mahogany furniture?
1, incense.
Mahogany has a faint fragrance. If the new cutting surface is exposed to the air, not only will the fragrance gradually disappear until it is scraped off.
2. Beautiful patterns and textures
The peach wood pattern is fresh, but the root pattern will be blurred and the black ribs will not be sharp.
3. Color
The color of mahogany is very bright, and the mahogany wax will become translucent amber texture, as warm as jade. For long-term water-filled seaweed roots or strips, a yellow surface will appear. Much more.
4. Practical value
The mahogany furniture is made of hard, dense and shiny precious wood, which has a firm structure and makes the furniture itself durable, free from mites and not afraid of acid and alkali corrosion. Can be called the king of the wood.
5. Scarcity of materials
The value of mahogany furniture lies not only in the fact that mahogany is a scarce resource, but also in its unique growth. The first is the time of wood production. Due to the large-scale logging since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huang Huali was almost completely cut down, and Indian lobular rosewood was also very rare. It takes 100 years for Huanghua pear to grow into material, and thousands of years for Indian lobular rosewood. Huang Huali is the best mahogany. Its raw materials were exhausted in the Qing Dynasty. It has reached several thousand yuan per kilogram, while other mahogany raw materials are also decreasing year by year, which directly leads to the doubling of the price of finished furniture.
6, the value of inheritance
Mahogany furniture is a very important part of historical relics. It is not only a practical handicraft, but also has a clear social function. It is an important witness to the historical development of a country and a nation and reflects the historical footprint of the progress of human civilization. Modern home environment, one or two pieces of mahogany furniture and traditional cultural relics have cultural charm and lead our thoughts to have a sense of historical extension.
The above is all the contents of China mahogany furniture introduced by Bian Xiao.