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Edwardian dining chairs - Rosewood v Mahogany

  • 05-03-2013 1:54pm
    #1
    justagirl
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    What is the difference between Rosewood and Mahogany? I'm looking at Edwardian dining chairs and have been told they could be either of these woods. Is one more collectible than the other, any negatives. Thank you very much.


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  • #2
    Wild_Dogger
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    Rosewood associated particularly with furniture veneer of the period 1810-1830. Very expensive and exotic choice timber !
    The height of fashion to have rosewood around the Regency period.
    Travel was still quite limited and these new grains were exciting and prestigious.
    There was a revival of rosewood use from about 1890 - but almost strictly in combination with inaly (bone and boxwood)
    The Edwardian rosewood furntiure tended to be light and slender (a bit economical with the use of the timber)

    *rosewood carachterized by a dark 'streaky' grain in a deep brown timber.
    The black streak are slightly irregular in pattern, a bit like a walnut grain.

    Mahogany is a timber that changed in quality and appearance over the 18th + 19th centuries. Can range from a dazzling flame veneer to a dull solid stained colour.
    The appearance of mahogany could differ according to the way the wood was cut.

    Pop a picture up or describe the chair in detail and we should be able to tell you the timber/period.


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