After drying, shaping, carving and polishing, elm can make exquisite lacquer carving crafts. Russian old elm (purple elm) is the most classic, with the advantages of clear texture and less scars on the tree, and it is a precious material for making furniture.

The wood grain is straight, the pattern is clear, the wood has good elasticity, moisture resistance and corrosion resistance. Air-dried density: 0.68g/cm3. Wood has moderate hardness and is easy to dry, deform and crack. It is the first choice for making furniture. Beautiful patterns and elegant colors. Suitable for high-grade furniture, cabinets, Qi Diao handicrafts, etc.

Elm is a commonly used wood in China, which is cost-effective and suitable for mass consumption. Elm is tough and elastic, durable, suitable for carving, rough and clear wood grain, suitable for hot wax and wood wax oil painting, very suitable for Chinese furniture, but easy to be eaten by insects. Elms are often used as beams of ancient houses.

Advantages of elm:

1、? Old elm furniture has strong toughness and corrosion resistance.

Elm has clear and smooth texture, strength and hardness, and is suitable for making carved furniture and exquisite handicrafts.

2. The wood is stable and beautiful.

The wood used in old elm furniture has stood the test of time, from decades to hundreds of years ago, so the wood is very stable and will not be deformed and moth-eaten. In addition, the surface is covered with a layer of natural oil paint paste, which looks very beautiful.

3, the pattern is exquisite and distinctive, and high-grade handicrafts can be made.

The sapwood of elm is dark yellow, the heartwood is dark purple gray, and the texture is clear. With the smooth plane of chord surface and beautiful patterns, all kinds of exquisite carved lacquer crafts can be made.

4, the value-added space is large.

The value of old elm furniture will be higher and higher with the growth of years. First, the material properties of elm are gradually stable after logging, and second, the growth cycle of elm is long, which takes about one hundred years from planting to logging. The scarcity of things is also the reason for its value improvement.

Refer to the above? Baidu encyclopedia-Yushu