Friends, tell me what are the characteristics of Huanghuali furniture?

Huanghuali furniture was the mainstream of high-end mahogany furniture in the Ming Dynasty and was deeply loved by the upper class. Its design often involves literati, so it is very refined and has a literati temperament. Therefore, it is different from the luxury and exaggeration of the Qing Dynasty. Simplicity and elegance are the only expressions of Ming Dynasty huanghuali furniture.

Huanghuali wood is stable and has very little stress. Huanghuali furniture can last for hundreds or even thousands of years without any deformation. The texture is very beautiful and flows as smoothly as clouds and water. Its wood is dense and does not break, making it easy to carve.

What is special about huanghuali is its grimace. The so-called huanghuali grimace is actually the traces left by the boils of huanghuali on the wooden surface. Generally speaking, the traces left by boils are either pits or bulges, but the traces of Huanghuali boils are very smooth, like circles drawn on a plane, so they are very beautiful and deeply loved by literati.