Characteristics of mahogany furniture

Redwood furniture mahogany furniture began in the Ming Dynasty. Modern mahogany furniture inherited the tradition of classical furniture of the Ming and Qing dynasties, maintaining the ancient beautiful shape and artistic style; on the other hand, and absorbed the characteristics of Western furniture, the use of more advanced science and technology. Because of its graceful and luxurious, elegant and exquisite and highly favored by consumers.

Mahogany naming

According to the national standard, "mahogany" range is determined as 5 genera and 8 categories. 5 genera are named after arboriculture genus, namely, rosewood, yellow sandalwood, yatou and ironwood genus. 8 categories are named after the wood of the trade name, namely, rosewood, rosewood, incense sticks, Black sour branch class, red sour branch wood class, ebony class, striped ebony class and chicken wing wood class. At the same time, mahogany refers to the heartwood of these 5 genera and 8 types of wood, and the heartwood refers to the center of the tree, the part without living cells. Furniture made from wood other than this cannot be called mahogany furniture.

The characteristics of mahogany

Rosewood is the ultimate in mahogany. Its hard wood, purple-black color, heavy, heavy feel, the wheel of the year into the grain silk, thin texture, irregular crab claw pattern. Rosewood and old rosewood and new rosewood. The old rosewood is purple-black, immersion does not lose color, the new rosewood brownish red, dark red or dark purple, immersion will lose color.

Sourwood is commonly known as old mahogany. The wood is hard and heavy, durable, can sink in water, the structure of the fine lemon red, deep purple red, purple-black stripes, processing exudes a matter of sour taste of the pungent aroma, it is known as sourwood.

Ebony color black and shiny, fine structure and heavy, greasy feeling. Ebony is mostly used to make chopsticks, ink cartridges and other small pieces, rarely made furniture.

Rosewood, also known as fragrant redwood, similar to the composition of the wood and sourwood, its hard wood, color is red **** with or reddish-purple, the texture is rain line, soft color, light weight, can float in the water, in the shape of wood tendons. Currently on the market mahogany furniture to rosewood mostly.

Chicken wing wood is hard, the color is divided into black, white, purple 3 colors, the shape of a billion chicken wing feather-like, bright and colorful. But because it contains fine gravel and other impurities, it is difficult to process, suitable for decorative edge materials. It is difficult to see sets of chicken wing wood furniture on the market.

Buy mahogany furniture notes

1, choose consumer satisfaction or after-sales service trusted home market.

2, to comparison shopping, the same style, the same brand of goods, from the quality, price, service and other aspects of comprehensive consideration.

3, understand the classification of mahogany furniture: mahogany furniture sold in the market mainly has two categories:

① main components of mahogany furniture refers to the product appearance of the visual parts must be used to "mahogany" production, the internal and hidden parts of the use of other high-quality timber, the sales staff in the introduction of the product, be sure to specify the tree Redwood class wood parts.

②All mahogany furniture batch of products all wood parts, in addition to the mirror pallet village bar, must be used "mahogany" production.

4, in the signing of the mahogany furniture contract, to indicate whether "all mahogany furniture", or the main parts are mahogany furniture. And by the manufacturer to provide material testing reports.

5, the invoice must indicate which class of mahogany (such as rosewood, incense wood, rosewood, etc.), and can not write a general name "mahogany".

6, to the merchant or organizer for warranty card.

7, to understand the main man unit and the manufacturer's name, address, contact person, telephone, so that quality problems can be contacted in time to solve.

Maintenance of mahogany furniture

1, mahogany furniture in the indoor location should be placed away from the door, window, wind and other strong air flow parts, and do not be exposed to sunlight.

2, do not place in the winter near the heater, avoid overheating of the indoor temperature, generally feel comfortable to wear a sweater indoors as appropriate.

3, spring, fall, winter three seasons to keep the indoor air is not dry, it is appropriate to use a humidifier humidifier, indoor fish, flowers can also regulate the indoor air humidity.

4, summer summer, we must often open the air conditioning dehumidification, to reduce the expansion of wood moisture absorption, to avoid the tongue and groove structure parts of the deformation of the wet rise and open joints.

5, to keep the furniture neat and clean, daily available clean gauze to wipe the dust. Should not use chemical brightener, so as to avoid the paint film sticky damaged. In order to maintain the brightness of the furniture paint film, can be crushed walnuts, peeled, and then use three layers of gauze to remove oil polishing.

6, table class mahogany furniture panel, in order to protect the paint film is not scratched, but also to show the wood grain, generally placed on the countertop thick glass plate, and in the glass plate and wooden countertops separated by a small suction cup pad. It is not recommended to use clear polyethylene crystal panels.

7, dust is actually an abrasive particles, in wiping dust, with a soft cotton cloth along the wood grain back and forth gently rubbed. If you use a hard dry cloth to wipe the paint, it will cause abrasion phenomenon on the paint, making it lose its luster.

8, every six months or a year in the furniture on the wax, to protect the price has some help.

9, if you move the furniture, you should lift the furniture, do not drag, so as not to cause the overall structure of the furniture loosening.

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Knowledge of mahogany:

Mahogany furniture identification is mainly to see the wood structure and weight

1, look at the wood structure whether the mahogany characteristics. That is, whether the wood itself with purple-red, yellow-red, red or crimson and other natural color; wood grain is simple and beautiful, elegant and fresh, painted wood grain is still fresh and visible. Fake mahogany products after painting, generally thick color, often white pan, no texture can be found.

2, look at the weight. The real mahogany furniture is strong and sturdy, the texture is particularly tight, heavier than the average quercus wood. The same shape, size of the fake mahogany furniture, the weight is significantly lighter than the real thing.

3, see is pure mahogany home or mahogany veneer furniture. Some products are said to be made of mahogany, but a closer inspection, it can be found that the mahogany open into thin slices, pasted on the surface of other wood camouflage only, not the real pure mahogany furniture.

4, the purchase of mahogany furniture, it is best to a good reputation, a high degree of creditworthiness of the formal furniture store to buy, see its commodity labels on the labeling of the materials and lacquer with the finished product is consistent, and carefully consult the careful identification, in order to avoid misuse of purchase, resulting in unnecessary losses.

Authentic mahogany furniture, why not use nails?

One, mortise and tenon structure is stronger and more durable than furniture connected with iron nails. First, the mortise and tenon structure is the combination of mortise and tenon and mortise, is the wood between more and less, high and low, long and short between the clever combination, can effectively limit the wood to all directions of the twist. And iron nail connection can not do. Secondly, metal is easy to rust or oxidize, while the real mahogany furniture, can be used for hundreds or thousands of years. If the combination of iron nails, it is likely that the wood is intact, but due to the connection of the metal rust, fatigue, aging and make the furniture fall apart.

Two, mortise and tenon structure of the furniture is easy to transport. Mahogany furniture is disassembled and transported to the destination and then combined and installed, very convenient. If you use nails to connect the furniture, although you can make part of the split, but like chairs and other small wooden pieces of furniture, it can not be done.

Three, mortise and tenon structure of the furniture is easy to maintain. No matter what kind of furniture, the use of a long time will have problems, all need repair and maintenance. Furniture connected with nails, disassembly and replacement is not as easy as mortise and tenon structure furniture.

Four, because the mahogany wood is hard, and iron nails are by squeezing and drilling hard wedged in, this process is very easy to cause wood splitting.

Fifth, the use of mortise and tenon joinery mahogany furniture than the use of nails greater advantage, can greatly enhance the intrinsic quality of mahogany furniture.

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