Old elm wood furniture is commonly known as the elm wood girder bridge. It uses the elm girder dismantled from the old houses with years’ history, the wood has been dried out after many years, so it is not easy to deform. The well-reserved old elm wood usually are used to make various Ming & Qing dynasties classical furniture. Now, you can also see the old elm furniture handed down from Ming & Qing dynasties, which are very costly. Furniture of this type enjoys a high use and collection value.

1. Real old elm wood refers to the recycled old elm girder and old door plank, nor the elm tree that has grown for 100-200 years! Even the elm tree has lived for 300 years, it is a new elm wood but not old elm wood.
2. The distressed old elm furniture in the market refers to those made of the two wood materials (old elm door plank and old elm wood). Old elm wood door plank has been dried out after years’ weathering, the timber rib is convex and the board forms the uneven deformed grains. The sense of vicissitudes can be well used to make pastoral furniture and featured furniture; When it comes to old elm wood girder, because its grains are apparent and its character is stable, it basically is used to make classical furniture.

Elm wood furniture boasts its nature gloss, hard texture, straight & wild grains. As one of the most famous solid wood furniture in Ming & Qing dynasties, officials, scholars and the rich often used them. Now many of them are distressed, how can we identify the elm wood furniture?
Method:
1. Light and hard, high mechanical strength, straight grain and thick construction.
2. Core material has a clear level, the outer material becomes yellow while the core material is dark purple & grey. It is elegant and simple in appearnce, complicated and clear in model, and worthy of appreciation.
3. Elm wood can be made into the beautiful carved & painted handicraft after drying, shaping and carving & painting.

Features
1. It is light, hard and solid in texture.
2. It is smaller on the top and bigger on the bottom, presenting in a natural, straight way, combing the hardness and softness.
3. It connects in a mortise-tenon way without any nails and has a hard & natural texture, which can be preserved for a longer time.
4. It has clear and beautiful grains, good density and smooth surface, which can bing endless vogor and create a natural pasotral ambient while matching with other types of furniture.