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Polished Mahogany:
Veneer will also change its appearance in a different way to a piece of solid wood. Different woods can also be changed quite markedly over time, for instance kingwood and rosewood are both very purple when first cut and polished mahogany, but become a golden colour after many years of exposure. The change in mahogany, which when first polished Mahogany has a very red tone, ranges from dark nutty brown to Light honey colour. It is this variation that makes each piece of antique Furniture unique. Unfortunately, this colour can easily be ruined by over-zealous cleaning, which allows chemicals to alter the tones, colours and hues of the wood. It is worth remembering that once altered, the original colour cannot be returned.East Indian or Ceylon satinwood is from Chloroxylon swietenia, a relative of mahogany. It is hard, heavy, durable, close grained, brittle and smooth like boxwood. The cream-colored heartwood has a fine satinlike appearance when highly polished mahogany. This costly wood is used only in very fine cabinetwork.
See Also Finest Mahogany Decorated:
European colonists of the 16th century built borate structures of mahogany. The Cathedral Santo Domingo, completed in 1540, has some the finest Mahogany decorated carved Mahogany in the world. The lerican wood was originally classified by dealers 3 Spanish and Honduras mahogany, 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.Designs were varied and, during the 18th and 19th centuries, a number of new types of chair emerged. These included the bergere, a chair with a Mahogany or rosewood frame supporting a canework back and seat panels, the hall chair, with its solid Mahogany back and seat, and the reading chair, with its unusual design allowing it to be sat on in reverse and, on the finest Mahogany decorated examples, an arrangement of trays, candle slides and reading slopes.
On The Other Hand See Then Mahogany After:
Numerous types of then Mahogany after available, but the two most commonly used for Furniture manufacture during the 18th and 19th centuries were Cuban (Swietenia mahogoni) and Honduras then Mahogany after (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 then Mahogany after was highly decorative, especially when the sought-after curls were used in the door panels of bookcases or linen presses.True-then Mahogany after 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 then Mahogany after is the nearest stitute for true then Mahogany after. The larger pores Khaya give the wood a coarser appearance. : texture is somewhat softer, and the wood is iter in weight
