Chinese Blackwood Square Tables with Carved Detail

A pair of Chinese blackwood tables, the square top raised above…
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A pair of Chinese blackwood tables, the square top raised above cloud pierced friezes, a lower tier with shaped apron, raised on square section legs with carved detail at the feet. 43 cm x 43 cm x 79 cm

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  • Tier - One or more under-shelves of a table or cabinet.
  • Blackwood - One of the best known and most widely used Australian timbers, blackwood (acacia melanoxylon), is a member of the Acacia (wattle) family and grows in eastern Australia from about Adelaide in South Australia, as far north as Cairns in Queensland.

    The largest, straightest and tallest trees come from the wet forest and swamps of north-west Tasmania where it is grown commercially.

    Blackwood timber colours range across a wide spectrum, from a very pale honey colour through to a dark chocolate with streaks of red tinge.

    The hardwood timber has been commonly used in the production of furniture, flooring, and musical instruments in Australia from the late 19th century. However, the straight grain timber is not the most prized or valuable, that honour falls to blackwood with a wavy, fiddleback pattern, which is used both in the solid and as a veneer. Fiddleback was only used on the finest examples of furniture.

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