The use of precious wood to make furniture has a long history in our country. From the middle to late Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was the heyday of this type of furniture development. As one of the major producing areas of furniture in China at that time, Suzhou has divided furniture production into two categories in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
The use of precious wood to make furniture has a long history in our country. From the middle to late Ming Dynasty to the middle of the Qing Dynasty, it was the heyday of this type of furniture development. As one of the major producing areas of furniture in China at that time, Suzhou has divided furniture production into two categories in the middle and late Qing Dynasty.
One type is called mahogany, also known as Qiaomu, which specializes in making furniture, pendants and furnishings of precious materials; the other is called white wood, which is made of general furniture of non-precious materials. So far, Suzhou carpenters still have the traditional saying of red and white. What can be found in the literature records is that in the fifteenth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Suzhou set up an industry organization specializing in the production of high-grade furniture for valuable woods - Qiao Woodworking Institute, located in the bridge in Suzhou today. In the twenty-fourth year of Daoguang, the number of members of the company has grown to 67, which should be the earliest industry organization recorded by Hongmu.
Therefore, it seems that there is a sufficient basis for the standardization of the name of mahogany furniture in the fifteenth year of Jiaqing (1810). “Redwood Furniture†is a collective name for a class of furniture in China. Its actual history is certainly longer than the time when Suzhou Qiao Woodworker was established. However, the exact origin and the agreement on “Redwood Furniture†species across the country are difficult to verify.
Jiuzheng Building Materials Network Xiaobian learned that the current market name "redwood furniture", the origin of the norm is China's light industry standard QB/T2385-98. The standard name is "Furniture - Dark and Valuable Hardwood Furniture" (hereinafter referred to as "Standard"). In the foreword of the Standard, the following contents are included: “Dark and expensive hardwood furniture (only part of mahogany furniture) is a traditional Chinese solid wood craft furniture with a long history and exquisite workmanship. It is a treasure of our country. Considering the history In addition to taking into account national customs and innovations, this standard stipulates that furniture must be named and marked according to the name of the main wood species used for the product." From this we know that “mahogany furniture†is only one type of “dark and expensive hardwood furnitureâ€, which is a kind of furniture named and marked by the name of some wood species. Then, which wood species should be used mainly as “mahogany furnitureâ€? The scope of “redwood†in Appendix A of the Standard includes: rosewood, huanghuali, rosewood, rosewood, ebony, wenge , gemu wood, grid wood, iron wood and wood bean pods. Only these trees are mainly wood-based furniture, which can be called "redwood furniture".
Standard questioning of mahogany furniture
The "Standard" QB/T2385-98 on mahogany furniture was released on May 14, 1998 and was implemented on March 1, 1999. It has not been revised so far, and no new standard substitution has been made. Obvious hysteresis. More importantly, the author believes that the main content of the Standard is questionable. First of all, the Standard stipulates that “the furniture must be named and marked according to the name of the wood tree species used for the productâ€. And clearly stipulates the specific types of mahogany furniture timber species, such as rosewood, huanghuali, rosewood, etc.; then there are certainly some "beautiful heartwood patterns outside the "standard", the material is firm, hard, heavy, corrosion resistant蛀, the stability of the material is very close to the "standard" provisions of the tree species, these tree species is not considered mahogany? In addition, the "standard" specified in the "mahogany furniture" timber species are produced in the tropical, subtropical rare wild Tree species, these tree species grow slowly, the production period is long, and the number of deposits is scarce. The tree species such as red sandalwood and huanghuali as stipulated in the Standards have been included in the “National List of Key Protected Wild Plantsâ€.
A look at the mahogany furniture market
According to the statistics of the Consumer Association in the past one or two years, the qualified rate of mahogany furniture market is only 40%, and consumers' complaints about mahogany furniture are increasing year by year. In the real life as a consumer of mahogany furniture, very few people have the expertise to identify the quality of red wood, it is difficult to figure out the authenticity of the furniture materials purchased. In the event of consumer disputes, our country has no statutory appraisal institutions authorized by the state. Therefore, in the process of defending rights, some furniture research reports issued by some scientific research institutions are often difficult to obtain legal recognition.
This undoubtedly makes the mahogany furniture consumers in the vulnerable groups worse, which increases the difficulty of defending rights. The reason why illegal manufacturers make a big fuss about the use of furniture is that the material of mahogany furniture determines the price of furniture in a large part. In addition to the confusion of the type of mahogany furniture materials, the moisture content of mahogany furniture products is another common problem that causes consumer disputes. There are at least two outstanding difficulties in controlling the moisture content of mahogany materials: First, among the tree species listed in the Standard, many of the tree species have extremely complicated drying processes, such as the special structure of rosewood due to its pore structure. Sex, its drying process has so far only been able to be mastered by very few manufacturers.
In addition, China has a vast territory and different dry and humid air levels. Therefore, the state has different regulations on the moisture content of furniture materials in various regions. If the moisture content of mahogany furniture is not properly handled in the drying process, or its products do not meet the requirements of the moisture content of the consumption area, it will cause the furniture to crack or deform during use. In addition, consumers also need to distinguish the manufacturing process of mahogany furniture, because mahogany furniture in the production process, the use of manual or machine, not only the finished product process effect is different, the production cost is also very different. All of these, and so on, have caused the chaos of the mahogany furniture market.
Dark hardwood furniture has a long history in our country, especially the dark hardwood furniture of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which once wrote a brilliant page in the history of world furniture. As the successor of Chinese civilization, our mission is not to imitate and repeat history, but to create new and more brilliant history. Today's furniture industry is difficult to surpass the achievements of the ancestors in the short term for various reasons, but at least we should not do stupid things that cannot be explained to future generations in the selection of furniture materials.
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