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Dalbergia sissoo is a rosewood species from India and Bangladesh, usually known as sheesham or North-Indian rosewood. Its timber is extremely dense and has mild rot resistance but is porous, and its exterior is soft and susceptible to wood-boring insects. It is used for making cabinets and flooring, and for carving. It is exported as quality ...
In Hindi and Urdu, it is called sheesham. In Bengali, it is called sheeshoo. Local name for Indian rosewood in eastern Uttar Pradesh and western Bihar is seeso. The wood of D. sissoo is known as sheesham or shisham, and is an important commercial timber. [9] D. sisso is the state tree of the Indian state of Punjab. [10]
The common furniture beetle or common house borer (Anobium punctatum) is a woodboring beetle originally from Europe [1] but now distributed worldwide. In the larval stage it bores in wood and feeds upon it. Adult Anobium punctatum measure 2.7–4.5 millimetres (0.11–0.18 in) in length.
Hong suanzhi wood: 紅酸枝木pinyin: Hóng suān zhī mù: Dalbergia: Reddish coloured woods that have a sour/acrid smell when freshly cut. The woods are typically from Dalbergia bariensis, D. cearensis, D. cochinchinensis, D. frulescensvar, D. granadillo, D. oliveri, and D. retusa: Hei suanzhi wood: 黑酸枝木pinyin: Hēi suān zhī mù
His expertise in wood identification has been utilized in analysis of antique furniture and art objects for Sotheby's [3] and major museums. [2] His book Identifying Wood: Accurate results with simple tools is an accessible introduction to the topic, [4] and his Understanding Wood is a comprehensive treatment of wood technology. The first ...
1981 (August, reprinted March 2013): New Perspectives in Wood Anatomy: Published on the Occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the International Association of Wood Anatomists [10] 1989: IAWA List of Microscopic Features for Hardwood Identification [11] 1994: Directory of Members [12] 1996: Recent advances in wood anatomy [13]
Wood was an important and common material in Greek furniture, both domestic and imported. [26] A common technique was to construct the main sections of the furniture with cheap solid wood, then apply a veneer using an expensive wood, such as maple or ebony. [26]
Bombay furniture has influences from England, France, and Holland. In 1850 there were six main furniture shops in Bombay, with five to ten workmen in each shop. [2] The wood used is Shisham or blackwood , a hard-grained dark-colored timber which with proper treatment assumes a beautiful natural polish. The blackwood was often brought from ...