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Classical furniture 2004-11-1 http://www.cfhot.com Classical furniture
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The furniture of Ming Dynasty and that of the early period of Qing Dynasty has reached a record high level for one of the important factors that rare wood has been adopted, which is hard and compact of graceful color and luster, gaudy pattern and graceful texture. The following is a description of the main varieties of red sandalwood, rosewood and redwood, as well as gall wood.
re and veins seems hidden and visible simultaneously. vivid and changeable. The red sandalwood is also called "Fragrance Falling Yellow Sandalwood", or "Blood Pressure Falling Wood", and drinking of the water soaked with its bits may reduce the blood pressure, and pillows with its bits may relax muscles, activate blood and reduce the blood pressure and blood grease. Evidences show that this wood is a good traditional Chinese medicine named "Fragrance fall". It is no doubt that it is highly esteemed by many furniture lovers.
Rosewood is of the hardest texture and the heaviest weight among all kinds of hardwood. In most cases, it is violet and black, sometimes pitch-black, rarely with visible veins. It is not so goudy as red sandalwood, but solemn, quiet and seemingly antique, it cannot be paralleled by any other wood.
Chicken wing wood is classified into to new and old categories. The new category of chicken wing wood is of coarse texture in intermingled violet and black colors with confused patterns, which is rigid without flexibility or revolving posture, and which wood wool is easy to rise with stubbles. The texture of the old category of chicken wing wood is compact with regular veins of intermingled violet and brown colors, and especially its sectional surface is fine and floating, with shining and bright brilliance like the neck and wing of poultries.
Tieli Wood is also called "Iron Power Wood", or "Iron Chestnut", which is the tallest among the hardwood trees.
Call wood is not the name of a tree, and when the old tree is of twisted roots and gnarled branches, its wood with galls is called gall wood, named "Yong Zi" by wood craftsmen in Beijing. The wood with gall always witnesses revolving compact and dedicate patterns.
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