How much do you know about distinguishing the authenticity of mahogany furniture?

The simple identification methods of mahogany are mainly hopeful, smelling, asking, cutting and soaking.

Look: Observe three sections of wood, namely, transverse section, tangential section and radial section. Most features of wood can be observed in the first two sections. For example, wingwood has obvious chicken wings on the tangential section.

Second smell: Different kinds of redwoods have their own odor characteristics, either fragrant or sour or have no special taste, just like perfume has different fragrance types. For example, Dalbergia odorifera (rosewood) has a sour taste, Dalbergia odorifera has a faint milky taste, and Dalbergia odorifera (huanghuali) has a reduced taste and is elegant.

Three questions: ask about the name, origin, density, moisture content and other information of wood.

Four cuts: the most direct way to buy furniture and other products is to touch the material of wood by hand and weigh it. If necessary, cut or scrape the wood surface (usually the back or hidden part) to see the texture of the cut surface. In this way, a preliminary appraisal can be made before the scientific investigation.

Five soaking: Some rosewood, such as rosewood, will show blue-green fluorescence after soaking in water for a period of time. When some mahogany furniture enterprises pile up raw materials, they can see the blue fluorescence of the liquid surface in the stagnant water when they are soaked in water or rainy days, which can be initially identified as mahogany.

Extended data:

Mahogany furniture refers to the furniture made of classical mahogany such as rosewood and rosewood, which is a general term for rare hardwood high-quality furniture since Ming and Qing Dynasties. Among the traditional classical mahogany furniture schools in China, there are mainly Beijing-made, Soviet-made, Oriental-made and English-made. Beijing is an imperial kiln in history. Dongyang is known as the hometown of all kinds of workers, and its wood carving skills are particularly outstanding, occupying a decisive position in the national mahogany furniture market.

Selection and purchase

Matters needing attention

First, we should choose famous and trustworthy shops, manufacturers and time-honored brands. Generally speaking, the quality of their products will be guaranteed, and the after-sales service is also very good, so there is no worries.

Two, to shop around, for the same style, the same brand of goods, from the quality, price, service and other aspects of comprehensive consideration. As the saying goes, "No pains, no gains", and really good things can't be very cheap.

Third, all mahogany furniture is disassembled with tenons and mortises, so real mahogany furniture does not need a little glue or a nail, which is conducive to preventing mahogany furniture from cracking.

References:

Redwood Furniture-Baidu Encyclopedia