King of hardwood identification of red sandalwood

Be called the king of the red sandalwood hardwood, plain quaint aristocratic temperament because of solemn and quiet sought after by others. Characteristics of rosewood is mainly manifested in the role of color was rhino, storm drain in the air for a long time becomes a purplish black. Rosewood year Lunwen mostly twisted filaments, so it is known as the crab claw pattern, or ox hair patterns. Although there are straight-wire there, but the scan still showed twisted filaments. Rosewood brown eyes delicate, wood-kin re-production of red sandalwood furniture, make more use of its natural characteristics, using optical elements means, without carving, red sandalwood wood hard, texture fine floating, in particular its deep tones, seemed both solemn and beautiful.

   Some fame and fortune and it will use the East African black Dalbergia, Romer and the old mahogany black Dalbergia materials such as pretending to be, making the market quite a mixed bag. The face of such goods is not true false sandalwood timber market, so a lot of people looking Tan prohibitive. We hope very much to have a simple way to determine the rosewood. Faced with this situation, a number of industry experience over a long period of exploration that the identification of red sandalwood wood, can make use of contrast, through the senses, and touch to determine the comparative wood.




    The first step is to "see." Rosewood control the texture features, a careful view of police Yen color. The best preparations for the different textures of 23 authentic red sandalwood model, compare the look to see if they find some more natural feeling texture recognition red sandalwood.
    The second step is "weigh." Weigh weigh a red sandalwood items, on the one hand through these things, to see whether the weight of rosewood; the other hand, in the process of attention to these things feel. Generally speaking, weigh the number of red sandalwood more than 800 objects, feel it will have.
    The third step is to "smell." Daogua a scrape with a small wooden stubble, heard about the smell of sawdust. "Sandalwood Rosewood" A hint of the slightly sweet smell, if too thick smell or no smell are suspicious. "Romer's Black Dalbergia" sour flavor, smell more concentrated.
    The fourth step is a "bubble." The red sandalwood of sawdust or sawdust placed in water or soaked in liquor, when red sandalwood sawdust water leaching solution for the purple, well above the fluorescence. Red sandalwood wood alcohol, after a dip in a suspicious dyeing, and the cloth will never fade.
    Five-step is a "knock", with authentic red sandalwood wood, it is best, "the town red sandalwood-foot", gently tap rosewood pieces, how to listen to their voices. Rosewood crisp sweet sound of hammering, no noise.


     Red sandalwood used in the Ming and Qing court is expected to buy the business. According to records, the Qing Emperor Kangxi period of the royal family had sent officials to visit India procurement rosewood, but only purchase some music festival is not straight, embarrassed Dayong materials, since that court in respect of no direct import of red sandalwood materials. According to historical records, the Qing Dynasty are mostly used by red sandalwood wood left over from the Ming Dynasty. But also in the Qing dynasty, there an unwritten rule, that is, no matter who the people found to have accumulations of red sandalwood, the court must be reported, thus the acquisition Ru Gong, ready to use. In other words, red sandalwood materials used in the Qing Dynasty there are two sources, a former government remains, one is from the civilian procurement.
    It is said that the Qing Dynasty Palace in the accumulation of more than half of rosewood are used by Emperor Qianlong. Qianlong period was the most flourishing period of the Qing Dynasty, due to national prosperity, Emperor Qianlong is almost fully staffed by the Royal Palace, palace, do not the department, the garden all the necessary furniture. So Jiaqing North Korea after the office is basically built to do not make new furniture has. However, these treasures was destroyed, the Imperial Household furniture, suffered heavy losses, no doubt to make the palace a sudden decrease in the number of red sandalwood furniture. Then in the late Qing furniture, there are a large number of new production, is now seen on the market in the Qing Dynasty red sandalwood furniture, mostly produced during this period, Qianlong produced red sandalwood furniture, are extremely rare.