A Brief History of Chinese Furniture: Identifying different the six main types of Chinese antique furniture part 2: Cantonese Style (Qing style) (Rosewood) (hardwood)
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Exotic hardwoods used in Chinese furniture: visual examples

A quick visual guide to these hardwoods using physical samples. Burma hua li, Old rosewood, Red sour branch, Ebony, Small leaf tan, Vein Ebony, Thailand Hua li, Vietnam Huang hua li, Chicken Wing Wood, Black Sour Branch, Big leaf tan
Chinese rosewood antique bench – what is it’s value?

Recently we have installed a live-chat function, and we start to meet a lot of interesting people through that. There was this man who possesses an antique bench from China, a masterpiece. He would like to know the value of it. Sounds like : “the antiques road show” on BBC television! (where people bring their […]