Dragon Inlaid Rosewood Dining Suite and Buffet
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A Chinese inlaid rosewood dining suite and buffet, mid 20th century. Comprising a d-ended extension dining table with a plain top, finely inlaid in Mother-of-pearl with a continuous band of dragons to the apron, with 2 extension leaves; eight matching dining chairs including 2 carvers, similarly decorated with inlaid dragon roundels to splat, with dragon themed seat cushions; and a rectangular sideboard with 3 pull out drawers above 2 twin cupboard doors, each door & drawer similarly inlaid with dragons, all richly grained rosewood. Height 87 cm, width 183 cm, depth 51 cm, (sideboard) height 79 cm, length 207 cm, width 116 cm, (table) height 96 cm, width 56 cm, depth 51 cm, (carver)
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- Rosewood - A dense timber that varies in shade to very light brown to almost black. When rosewood is cut and sanded the colour of the timber will turn black, and after polishing and exposure to daylight, the surface will gradually lighten over time to light brown with black streaks.
The name comes from the odour emanating from the timber when it is planed, sanded or cut.
Rosewood was very popular for use in Victorian furniture in the second half of the 19th century, and at that time most of the rosewood was imported from Brazil. However it also grows in India and Indonesia.
It is used in the sold for chairs and table legs, but for carcase furniture such as side cabinets and bookcases, and for table tops it is always used as a veneer. - Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.
In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.
Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
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