How to identify the authenticity of old mahogany furniture

One, see whether the pulp is natural. Generally in the user's hand often touch the location, there will be a natural formation of pulp, the new imitation of pulp is not natural.

Two, look at the legs and feet of the furniture whether there are traces of discoloration and moisture flooding. In the southern humid areas, furniture is generally placed directly on the mud, this will occur over time.

Three, look at the furniture baseboards and drawer boards. For example, the old table and stuffed cupboard, etc., the base plate and drawer plate has an imitation not like the old gas, there are also painted matte black lacquer; then look at the drawer side panels, in the side there should be chamfered lines so as not to hurt the hand; look at the bright mortise and tenon, mortise and tenon in the past is a square, locking mortise and tenon is the tip. If you see the mortise and tenon ends are rounded, indicating that the machine processing.

Four, look at the wood grain. Some furniture surface will appear uneven wood grain, see if it is hard to rub out with a wire brush, whether with the original wood grain to stand up to.

Fifth, look at the refurbishment marks. Some fabric chairs in the renovation, the original chair ring will leave a dense nail eye, this chair is old. Some rattan chairs, the original rattan surface is rotten, will leave the eye through the rattan, turn over can be seen.

Sixth, look at the copper pieces. The old furniture if the original copper parts, should be hand rubbed for decades or even centuries. Some of the better furniture will also choose to build white copper, time will be a ghostly silver light, reminiscent of. Some of the copper work will be burin a variety of patterns, animals, flowers, auspicious characters, etc., the craftsmanship of the fine, is today's coppersmiths are difficult to imitate like. There are also some copper work too long, although there is no pulp, but will leave traces of corrosion, flooded with green rust, or the surface of the plate like corrosion prints as uneven.