Redwood comes on the heels of pear, red sandalwood after the adoption of the largest, most expensive high-quality hardwood, but the traditional mahogany wood furniture selected are not the same species, their variety and as many as a dozen names, such as wood, rosewood, mahogany old The new mahogany, rosewood incense, red wood, rosewood, the new pear, pear, and so old. In recent years, there are the so-called Brazilian rosewood, mahogany Thailand, Myanmar mahogany, pear Laos, Vietnam and so on pear. As the furniture of mahogany timber of the many different types of names and, therefore, generally referred to as the mahogany furniture in the timber reflected on the quality and value also has a lot of difference and distinction. Therefore, whether in the past have been handed down for the appreciation of mahogany furniture or collections, or modern mahogany furniture to buy for, first of all need to identify what is the use of the furniture of mahogany materials.

First, wood (mahogany old) wood that is, "Sun Zhi", also known as "purple-yu." Mahogany wood furniture in the Qing Dynasty is the main raw material. With the production of wood furniture, even hundreds of years, as long as the arrangements will be a little paint moisturizing, if it still ran the new-hwan. It Suanzhi Mu good quality can be seen as early as worldwide attention. Wood is a tropical evergreen tree large, producing mainly India, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, and other Southeast Asian countries, China in the original Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan and other places have produced. Suan Zhimu dark red and light red color there are two general, "Grease" quality, the detailed structure, the quality of re-Kennedy, Shen in water. Is particularly evident in the deep red folders are also often dark brown or black stripes, clear and full of texture changes. Polished wood furniture by repainting, the formation of lubrication, durable gloss, Hou gives a subtle beauty. Northern wood called "mahogany", Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas "old Redwood", the wood furniture in addition to the Guangdong area, said almost all of the old mahogany furniture or mahogany furniture. Many of the Qing Dynasty furniture is a mahogany wood furniture, that is, the old mahogany furniture. Especially in the mid-Qing Dynasty, not only quantity, but also better quality timber, manufacturing processes are also more attractive. In the modern concept, it is a real mahogany furniture.

Second, rosewood pear, also known as the "palm tree flower." Historical records can be divided into at least two, the middle of the Ming Wang is a "new frame to the ancient theory of" talking about "a South fan, Guangdong, purple, and the drop really is similar to incense, incense there, his face was something fishy about those who spend "Rosewood" Qiongzhou Chi House, "wood products in the category called" rosewood, purple red, with the drop really is similar to incense, incense Micro ... ... "pear, that is, modern people have been called the" pear "pear Wood, also had "Hainan Tan" and other names. This is clearly no longer the "mahogany" the scope of the concept. According to various materials, the main pear production in China's Hainan Island in the South China Sea and all, the number is not a lot, Ming furniture is the most important one of the timber. Another is the North as "old pear" is actually "pear", rosewood, rosewood that Taiwan on the "Redwood." It is a tree of high-ranking cadres, up to 30 meters high, has a diameter of up to 1 meter or so in tropical and subtropical regions, such as Thailand, Myanmar and South Pacific Islands and other places were produced. In the past China's Hainan and Guangdong and Guangxi region also has a considerable number of rosewood. Rosewood that "access to natural history," records said: "Ye Li is not, Purpurin wood color, texture and delicate, and can apparatus, including tables, chairs, the room-all." Chen's "taxonomy" Also said: "hosiei rosewood for a high-up to San Zhang Yi Zhang bachi ... ... Zhejiang and Fujian, Guangdong, Yunnan's all. Fujian Province, Stephen, Zhangzhou and more particularly the wild ... ... beautiful heavy timber Kennedy, First-class timber for furniture. "Mahogany furniture of the Qing Dynasty, many of these essentially made rosewood. Modern imported rosewood is also the most of these species, has become the most important furniture redwood timber. However, according to Huang Ming Dynasty province has been "recorded in the Western Tributary Code," in the records, has long held that "there are two types of rosewood, a wooden palm tree for flowers, trees, produced in various parts of southern China; for a Hainan Tan, deciduous trees, the middle class At various places in the South China Sea, the two can make a high-level furniture. " Hainan Tan pear that is, the pear in addition to the Ming Dynasty furniture, should also long rosewood furniture in the Ming Dynasty, that is what we call today mahogany furniture. Here, we can not but ask the question: if the Ming Dynasty both rosewood and rosewood furniture, in addition to why the pear furniture, rosewood furniture, there are almost no introduction? In addition to the mahogany furniture in the Qing Dynasty, is also very devoted to the rosewood furniture. If the confusion is that the timber species identification, rosewood furniture in the Ming Dynasty there have been production as well as relics handed down, then we mahogany furniture of the cultural understanding of the phenomenon, will have a deeper significance.

Third, Hong Redwood (Redwood new) a rosewood, the North said "The new Redwood." Rosewood color than red, but light wood, if not the weight of wood, not submerged. Direct rough texture, a small line of pulp, wood pure, good impression. 20, 1960 a large number of imports, was used to make furniture exports.

Fourth, red wood (mahogany) Department of leguminous trees and red beans, also known in ancient times, "Acacia", Wang Shi-go: "Health and southern red beans, spring Ji Zhi made. Jun more than willing to gathering, the most-love." Ancient , The red wood of the main growth in China, Guangxi, Jiangsu and the central region, heavy wood Kennedy.

Five, Brazil Brazil Redwood Redwood as a result of production in Brazil, color and material for the red or purple and red were. China used to manufacture furniture is only after the 1970s. Brazil's mahogany more varieties, including one of Brazil wood, dark-colored heartwood, with the structure of rosewood with, and rosewood than a little hard, but easy to dry and cracked, still floating in the water; Route Brazil wood, as well as the structure , For the purple heart wood, hard wood quality, strength, to Shen in the water; Three-old with a similar rosewood sometimes, but made furniture, easy to crack deformation.

Six other species of wood in recent years, according to the source, the so-called "mahogany Thailand", "Redwood Myanmar", "Redwood Laos," the new name. The so-called Redwood Thailand, in fact, Shannon is rosewood or mahogany; Myanmar Redwood referred to as "the Myanmar Red", in Guangdong Province, said, "Myanmar pear"; Redwood Laos in Guangdong Province, said, "Lao pear." Many of these species in order to place names, especially the latter, often mixed species, different texture, the most obvious characteristics of the color is light gray and white Cheng Hui Huang, Song texture, light weight, some of which can not be placed on a par with the Redwood, Can not be a high-quality hardwood, can not be attributed to more valuable timber. Since ancient times, wood-related materials and to identify strengths and weaknesses of the judge, accustomed to the size of the timber and merits, the hardness of the wood and the weight of the wood products with color and texture, wood and the tenacity of the fine, or thickness of the elastic fibers and Whether the anti-corrosion, moth, such as the smell out as the standard, so that people in long-term practice, on a variety of wood has considerable knowledge and understanding of the ancient trees of First Instance on the classic, modern science writing, for We identify with wood furniture for their invaluable basis. We have to identify the mahogany wood furniture, you can use the knowledge and experience. Wood and mahogany furniture, rosewood is a tradition of the two main timber, as if they are to create a pair of mahogany furniture twin sister. Many interwoven texture, stripes clear and beautiful rosewood, pear, although there are differences in people, but the structure with wood is very similar, if more in-depth comparison between the two, could be further from the wood's texture changing to determine. In general, the wood's texture and significant changes in the Qing, rosewood fabric of the text and change a little flat. Texture is through visual or tactile material, such as to create an aesthetic experience, it can often help people to understand the exact nature of the attributes of objects. As a result, the fabric material from the timber to get in some special sense of straight, often more directly understand and distinguish their differences.