1. Introduction to Lu's Black Sandalwood
Lu's black sandalwood, commonly known as "large-leaf rosewood", belongs to the genus Huangtan. Loose hole material. The growth wheel is not obvious. The new face of the heartwood is purple to dark purple, and over time it turns to dark purple or black purple; the scratches are obvious. The wood is shiny and has no special odor. The texture is black and purple, until it is shallow and interlaced, the structure is burmese and uniform, corrosion resistance, durability is strong, the material is hard and heavy, delicate, it is a very precious furniture and handicraft material. Because Lu's black sandalwood wood is better, it is often used in the production of wood products such as furniture.
Lu's black sandalwood has been a valuable furniture material hundreds of years ago, until now in the place of origin, the high price of the purchase of Lu's black sandalwood is not only Chinese businessmen, in fact, European and American timber merchants' desire for Lu's black sandalwood is earlier and more urgent than Chinese businessmen. European and American high-stop musical instruments, car decorations, high-end clocks, instruments and other aspects are using Lu's black sandalwood. In European and American dictionaries, rosewood (Lu's black sandalwood) is often referred to as "precious" and "precious" and other praise words.
2. Lu's black sandalwood and sandalwood rosewood
From a macroscopic point of view, Lu's black sandalwood is similar to sandalwood rosewood in several points:
1. Both are orange-red in the new cut of the heartwood, and turn to dark purple or black purple for a long time;
2. Lu's black sandalwood has cow hair and venus, but the line pattern is thicker and sparser than sandalwood rosewood.
When experts identify tree species, they also noticed that after dissecting the tree species, they were observed under the microscope, and the microscopic structure of the string section of Lu's black sandalwood (large-leaf rosewood) and sandalwood rosewood (small-leaf rosewood) belonged to a single row of rays, so it can be concluded that the two tree species have a certain blood relationship, so the appearance of the furniture made is somewhat similar.
As for Lu's black sandalwood, why it is called "big-leaf rosewood", one theory is that it is relative to the "small-leaf rosewood", perhaps because the leaves of the rosewood (sandalwood) tree are indeed not large, but in fact, this "small-leaf rosewood" itself is also an irregular name, so the non-standard corresponds to the non-standard, and the result is more non-standard.
Another theory is that it was originally called "large silk rosewood", which means that the fibers of its wood are slightly coarser, and this "coarse" is also relative to sandalwood rosewood (small leaf rosewood), so sandalwood rosewood should be "small silk rosewood". People call it white, and pronounce "silk" as "leaf", it is called "big leaf rosewood", not because the leaves of its tree are large. In fact, these two statements are only "statements" and have no basis. The real reason for calling it "big-leaf rosewood" may be that its wood and color are somewhat close to sandalwood rosewood, and the word "rosewood" is added. The emergence of the term "big leaf rosewood" is a random name when the state did not officially name it, which is very irregular. Now it has a standardized name, in production and operation, should use the normative name.
Third, the large-leaf rosewood lion ruyi sofa appreciation
Note: The furniture in this issue is made of Lu's black and yellow sandalwood.