According to national standards, the range of "Sequoia" is determined to be 5 genera and 8 categories. The five genera are named after the genera of dendrology, namely Pterocarya, Dalbergia, Elaeagnus and Tilia. Eight categories of wood are named after their trade names, namely rosewood, rosewood, rosewood, rosewood, rosewood, ebony, ebony, striped ebony and wingwood. At the same time, redwood refers to the heartwood of these 5 genera and 8 categories of wood, and heartwood refers to the central part of the tree without living cells. Other wooden furniture cannot be called mahogany furniture. Broadly, mahogany includes rosewood, rosewood (Hainan sandalwood), chicken wing wood, rosewood and other hardwood furniture. Among them, rosewood is the best, generally red, hard and thick, fine texture, oily and very beautiful. Generally, medium-quality mahogany furniture is made of rosewood and rosewood. Its color is red, the wood is lighter and slightly brittle than mahogany, and the wood grain is thicker than mahogany.
Shape: mahogany heartwood is orange, light reddish brown, reddish brown, purplish red, purplish brown to dark brown, with uneven color and obvious dark stripes. It is hard, wear-resistant and can be submerged in water. Redwood is divided into old and new. Old mahogany is similar to rosewood, but it has a deeper luster, a lighter color and a fragrance, but it is not as fragrant as huanghuali. The new mahogany is red and yellow with patterns, sometimes like Huang Huali.
In the media, we often see reports that illegal manufacturers use new mahogany as old mahogany to deceive consumers. Many consumers will ask: mahogany is mahogany, what is the difference between old and new? In fact, there are not only old and new redwoods, but also great differences in the value of old and new redwoods, and quality gaps will also be found in use.
Make a big one. So, what is old mahogany? What's the difference between old and new mahogany?
The difference between old redwoods and other redwoods: old redwoods, as the name suggests, are redwoods that have gone through a long time. They are called acid branches in the national standard and are mainly produced in Southeast Asian countries such as Laos and Thailand. Before the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, China also existed in Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces, and disappeared completely after the Republic of China. Its wood is hard and delicate, can sink in water, and generally needs to grow for more than 500 years before it can be used. The most obvious difference with other wood is that its wood grain is often sandwiched with dark brown or black stripes in crimson, giving people an antique feeling. Old redwoods not only grow for a long time, but also have been washed away for hundreds of years after being cut down. Nowadays, old mahogany generally refers to mahogany imported from Nanyang in the middle of Qing Dynasty. Old mahogany has a wide width, slender brown eyes, and the proportion is between mahogany and yellow gorgeous.
Comparison of materials and colors of new and old rosewood: In color, the old rosewood is darker, mostly purplish red, and some of them are similar to rosewood, but the color is lighter, the texture is delicate, the brown eyes are obviously less than the new rosewood, and the density and feel are excellent. The general color of the new mahogany is yellow pool, and the wood grain and color are tender than the old mahogany, but the texture and feel are not as good as the old mahogany. Why is the difference so big? It turns out that the life of wood has not been terminated because of being cut down, and its internal fine structure is changing all the time, but it is difficult for people to detect it. With the passage of time, the internal structure of mahogany will become denser and denser, the hardness and specific gravity will become higher and higher, and it will sink when it enters the water, and its deformation resistance will become stronger and stronger. However, new redwoods are generally baked to meet the use requirements, but manual technical treatment can not shake the internal structure of the material, and in the long-term use process, it often produces subtle deformation, thus affecting the collection value and quality.
What is old mahogany? "Mahogany" has little to do with a certain tree species at first, and it is a general term for high-quality hardwood that appears red in a certain period since Ming and Qing Dynasties. The materials used are rosewood, rosewood, rosewood, etc., which are yellow-red or purple-red to varying degrees. When people have no intention of distinguishing what kind of trees they are, they are used to calling them redwoods. Zhao's antique guide emphasizes that redwood is a special tree species. Chapter 29 of the book says: "Only the so-called redwoods in the secular world are proper nouns of wood, not mahogany characters", which proves that one kind of wood in the book refers to old redwoods. Old mahogany is produced in Indochina Peninsula, and also grows in China and Yunnan. Its leaves are oblong, white and five petals, and its color is red. "In addition to rosewood, mahogany is the best wood", which is the evaluation of old mahogany in the book.
Old mahogany and red rosewood cannot be confused. Red rosewood refers to a large category of wood, including Dalbergia odorifera, Dalbergia odorifera, Dalbergia odorifera and so on. Old rosewood is just a kind of rosewood, namely Dalbergia odorifera. Although they all belong to Dalbergia, the old rosewood is purple in color, clear and changeable in texture and fine in structure, which is incomparable to similar rosewood. Later, the process of making furniture from old mahogany uses the same method as rosewood-waxing, and never use the method of ordinary rosewood-painting. Because old mahogany is full of wax, it can be smooth and lubricated by rubbing wax, and its luster is lasting, giving people a pure and implicit aesthetic feeling. If modern painting technology is adopted, it only covers up the excellent properties of its wood. Moreover, the old mahogany is easily mixed with other mahogany wood by some manufacturers after paint treatment, which provides convenience for them to fish in troubled waters.
It is precisely because of many properties of old mahogany, such as rich wax and purple color, that it is similar to rosewood. Therefore, old redwood, Huang Huali and rosewood are listed as three kinds of wood specially used in Ming and Qing dynasties.
If any furniture is getting more and more valuable, I'm afraid it's only mahogany furniture. Bai Yang, director of China Traditional Furniture Professional Committee, said: Because Huang Huali furniture is soaring to [size =11.5pt]100% every year, single arhat beds are [size = 65438+. Not only is the price in Huang Huali rising, but in fact, the price of all hardwoods is rising. He predicted that the price increase of mahogany this year is estimated at [size = 1 1.5pt] 30%. The annual purchase growth rate of mahogany furniture is at least [size =11.5pt]10%, making it the third hot spot in the field of investment and collection after calligraphy, painting and jewelry. [size = 1 1.5 lb]
There are two kinds of Chinese classical furniture with the most appreciation potential: one is Ming-style furniture in Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, and the wood is generally Huang Huali; The other is Qing-style palace furniture, which is made of rosewood. The price increase of mahogany furniture is mainly related to the scarcity of raw materials. Mahogany furniture can also be used for health care. Rosewood is the most excellent and precious medicinal material in Chinese traditional medicine, and Huang Huali, also known as [size= 1 1.5pt] "Jiangya Wood [size= 1 1.5pt]", has the function of environmental protection, and the paints used are all plant paints, and the more you use it, the brighter it becomes. Due to a large number of logging since Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huang Huali, Hainan, which has become a timber, has almost been cut down, and Indian rosewood is also very scarce. Huang Huali wood takes 80 years to grow into usable wood, while rosewood takes thousands of years. Hainan Huang Huali wood is the best in mahogany, and its finished products have been exhausted in Qing Dynasty, reaching several thousand yuan per catty. The raw materials of Huang Huali wood will soon be exhausted within three to five years, which will directly lead to the double increase in the price of finished furniture. Even the lowest grade rosewood has doubled in recent years. [size = 1 1.5 lb]
Experts pointed out that the investment period of mahogany furniture is short to medium term, and the return is [size =1.5pt] 3 years to [size =1.5pt] 5 years, and the investment amount is relatively large, and the return on investment is [size =1.5pt]. [size= 1 1.5pt] At the same time, experts also reminded that the current authentication is limited to the deception of using low-grade antique Ming and Qing furniture as old mahogany furniture or selling low-grade old mahogany furniture at high prices. Therefore, on the basis of consulting experts to identify mahogany furniture, people with abundant funds or high interest in mahogany can collect fine mahogany in Qianlong period or even complete sets; If the financial resources are average, it is recommended to buy a practical big item, such as a chair or a bed. Faced with the difficulty of buying rosewood and Huang Huali furniture in the market, professionals said that rosewood and old rosewood furniture that can be bought now have great room for appreciation. Knowing more about the background, history and manufacturing process of furniture can not only enrich your knowledge, but also facilitate shopping around and buy furniture with the highest cost performance and appreciation.