These properties make them dimensionally stable hardwearing rot and insect resistant and when new highly fragrant.
Chinese furniture wood types.
Poorer provinces developed the lacquer technique to copy the dark color and style of the zitan or dark red sandlewood furniture.
This meaningful simplicity was achieved without sacrificing comfort.
Native chinese woods are primarily elmwood beechwood pine and fir with some mahogany and walnut.
Ming furniture features durable and precious woods such as red sandalwood and scented rose wood which.
During the 80 s and 90 s the go to wood for a well grained look was rubberwood.
In premodern times the wood was know as huali or hualu.
Elmwood is a softer lumber than rosewood and native to northern china it is a medium density lumber that is denser than pine.
Emit pleasant aromas naturally adding a touch of taste and grace.
Classic chinese furniture is typically made of a class of hardwoods known collectively as rosewood 紅木 literally red wood.
It is a member of the rosewood family and is botanically classified as dalbergia odorifera.
Guide to choose the best for your furniture different types of wood for furniture both hardwood and softwood are available in the market.
Its hardness is useful in making of table tops and cabinets.
Many other native woods are tried some with success and others not so much.
Simple structure and minimal decoration set off the natural beauty of the wood.
It s just that the furniture market is very material driven the most valuable and precious of all of these materials are zitan and huanghuali two types of hardwood found among other places on china s largest island hainan.
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Each type comes with a different set of characteristics in terms of color density grain and finishing.
One is called chu wood and is similar in appearance to oak but is difficult to finish without dark streaking.