How to distinguish mahogany furniture

How to distinguish mahogany furniture? Let's have a look!

1. Look: Compare the texture characteristics of rosewood and observe the color carefully. It is best to prepare two or three authentic rosewood samples with different textures and compare them. If you watch more, you will find the feeling of identifying the texture of rosewood.

2. Weighing: weigh the rosewood object, on the one hand, to see if it reaches the weight of rosewood (the volume should be reached); On the other hand, we should pay attention to the feel during weighing. Generally speaking, if you have more than 800 pieces of rosewood, you will feel it.

3. Smell: Scrape the stubble with a knife and smell the sawdust. "Sandalwood rosewood" has a faint fragrance. If the fragrance is too strong or there is no fragrance, it is suspicious.

4. Soaking: Soak the sawdust or sawdust of rosewood with water or white wine. The leaching solution of rosewood sawdust water is purplish red with fluorescence on it. Rosewood sawdust can be dyed with alcohol and will never fade.

5. Knock: Use authentic rosewood blocks, preferably rosewood rulers, to gently knock on rosewood objects and listen to their sounds. The tapping sound of rosewood is crisp and pleasant, without noise.

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Advantages of mahogany furniture

1, dark color, mostly reflecting antique style, used for traditional furniture.

2, the wood is thick, giving people a feeling of good quality.

3. Generally, wood itself has fragrance, especially ebony.

4, the material is hard, high strength, wear resistance and good durability.

Skills of purchasing mahogany furniture

1, rosewood rarely produces big materials, so be sure to carefully check the wood size of rosewood furniture when purchasing. The bigger the wood, the rarer it is. At the same time, among all kinds of mahogany furniture, all-material furniture without parquet should be the best choice.

2. In the process of making mahogany furniture, the complexity and exquisiteness of carving are pursued very much, but the fineness of craftsmanship is different. The importance of mahogany furniture is much higher than that of Huang Huali furniture. Of course, schools should also pay attention to the fact that the same piece of rosewood is made in Beijing and widely produced.

3. When purchasing rosewood furniture, we must carefully distinguish which era the furniture was produced. Among all the rosewood furniture, the rosewood furniture in Qianlong period has the highest value, mainly because of its high dryness and unique aesthetic taste. The furniture technology level in Qianlong period is close to the aesthetics of modern people.

4. If you want to collect mahogany furniture, it is recommended to collect it as a whole, so there will be more room for appreciation. If you think that the overall collection will lead to your tight investment funds or unbalanced financial leverage, you can also collect in pairs.