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Mahogany Colored:
European colonists of the 16th century built borate structures of Mahogany colored. The Cathedral Santo Domingo, completed in 1540, has some the finest carved Mahogany colored in the world. The lerican wood was originally classified by dealers 3 Spanish and Honduras Mahogany colored, the former ^inating in the Spanish American possessions. e genus was first described by Nikolaus von quin in 1760 as S. mahogani, found in the lamas.Numerous types of Mahogany colored available, but the two most commonly used for Furniture manufacture during the 18th and 19th centuries were Cuban (Swietenia mahogoni) and Honduras Mahogany colored (Swietenia macrophylla). With its rich red colour and dense hard grain, this solid wood was ideal for Furniture manufacture. When cut into veneer form, the Mahogany colored was highly decorative, especially when the sought-after curls were used in the door panels of bookcases or linen presses.
See Also Mountain Mahogany Common:
True-Mahogany Substitutes.—African ma-;any refers to the genus Khaya. These trees native to tropical Africa, where they grow :he largest quantities in the rain forest of the it coast. In general appearance and in many racteristics African Mahogany is the nearest stitute for true mahogany. The larger pores Khaya give the wood a coarser appearance. : texture is somewhat softer, and the wood is iter in weightThe elk, grizzly and bighorn, the Mountain Mahogany common goat, white ptarmigan and certain other examples of animals, are common to both the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountain Mahogany common systems; but in all these cases they are species whose range extends far north where both lines of elevation converge in British Columbia. Yet the true "blacktail," or Columbian deer, is never shot east of the Cascades, nor does the Vir¬ginian, or willow deer, common enough in the Rockies, wander over to the Cascades or Sier¬ras of Oregon and California.
On The Other Hand See Century Mahogany Once:
During the early to mid-19th century Mahogany once, chests of drawers gradually became larger. In previous centuries, most people owned a very limited number of clothes, but now the emerging merchant classes had more changes of dress than before. Therefore larger, more utilitarian chests were required. To help keep the costs of manufacture down, making the chests more accessible to the new market, Mahogany veneer was often used instead of solid wood. The ability to knife-cut rather than saw-cut the expensive imported Mahogany facilitated the manufacture of a more affordable yet still desirable product.The age of this chair was unknown when it was bought from an auction house. The material, Cuban mahogany, the style of the internal seat rails and the carving indicated that it was a mid-18th-century Mahogany once piece and almost identical to a number attributed to Thomas Chippendale or William Vile for the Marquess ofTownsend at Raynham Hall, Norfolk. As such, it could be an important piece and would require sympathetic restoration to bring it back to its original condition. It needed a considerable amount of work to the frame to overcome the ravages of time, including the replacement of parts that were missing with new Cuban mahogany. However, with a great deal of patience and careful work, it was possible to re-create the beauty of the original craftsmanship.
