Outdoor Furniture
According to "Beijing reference to" a recent hearing of the dispute on the mahogany furniture, mahogany furniture, aroused a lot of fans of concern, although the event still pending, but the incident reflected some of the circumstances are worthy of consumer attention.
Difficult to determine the origin of wood species
The incident lead to two sets of mahogany furniture, Ocean bed were three independent board set, as well as independent pieces of the top cabinet panel a pair of seniors, their materials are more expensive pear. After the new owners are delighted when purchased but was told his friend bought the furniture material for the Vietnam pear, instead of the real value of Hainan pear, more than 10 times as much as two spread.
What Hainan and Vietnam pear pear What is the difference between? How to identify the difference between the two? Redwood National and State standards drafters, China Professor Lin Keyuan Yangjia Ju said that the current national standard of Redwood clear wood incense sticks included Dalbergia species, and the community known as the pear scientific name Dalbergia odorifera.
It is reported that Beijing Quality Supervision, Inspection wood furniture, mahogany furniture, the test station can only test to the "five are eight categories of" more detailed examination difficult issue as the origin. Redwood in the regular stores, furniture, materials pear column material, the uniform mark for the incense sticks of wood, producing little or only part of the factory marked with small print mark.
GB needs to be improved
It is understood that the industry followed by Redwood National and State Standards (GB/T18107--2000) enacted in 2000, the Executive. The standard requires that mahogany that Pterocarpus, Dalbergia, Diospyros, Millettia genus and species of chestnut tree is the heartwood, also include red sandalwood, rosewood, incense sticks of wood, dark wood, red rosewood, ebony, strip ebony wood grain and chicken wings eight categories. But the more detailed classification, interpretation and not a system described.
In recent years at international auctions, mahogany furniture, Ming and Qing record breaking auction records, one of the products of concern about the increase as some consumers like the same time as an investment channel, resulting in mahogany furniture a sky-rocketing prices.
Jin Fei Wu new president, said Redwood, the pear, the beginning of 2002, whether or Vietnam pear pear Hainan, the price per ton of material are generally two million. But the second half of 2002, people began to speculation Hainan pear, so the price from 20,000 yuan / ton up to 800 yuan / ton, or even higher. But the real transaction prices are not higher than 400 yuan / ton.
According to industry sources, the rapid development of mahogany industry, making the standards developed 10 years ago, slightly out of date, making the development of some of the problems encountered can not be effectively resolved.
Knowledge required to complete purchase of the corresponding
Really like the mahogany furniture for consumers to buy the product not only see is its value, they are more concerned about the implication of cultural values behind. Therefore, consumers should do more to enrich their knowledge of mahogany furniture, such as how to select materials, how to determine the structure of the symmetry, how to study the fine work, how to carve such attention to detail, striving to become more professional when buying furniture and rational.
Wu said the new, love, buy mahogany furniture consumers more is a complex, in love, while traditional Chinese culture, but also on the mahogany furniture, more understanding of the material, so as not to be fooled.
