Dark Hardwood: Fine Texture, Not Ostentatious

Details of dark hardwood. The wood is black walnut, wenge, or stained white oak, with colors ranging from dark brown with purple undertones to dark grey-brown. The grain is carefully selected—using straight, fine, quarter-sawn grain rather than flamboyant cathedral-patterned plain-sawn grain, so the surface is quiet and doesn't overpower, allowing the furniture's form and proportion to be the protagonist. The surface is finished only with wood wax oil or lacquer, presenting a very soft semi-matte luster, almost non-reflective, allowing the wood grain's texture to be felt. The wood color is not the reddish-brown of traditional Chinese staining, but closer to the material's inherent dark color. The image should show the continuity of grain on different components made from the same batch of wood. Avoid: using reddish-brown traditional Chinese staining, choosing flamboyant cathedral-patterned grain, using high-gloss lacquer finishes, mixing multiple wood colors.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一組深色硬木的細部。木料是黑胡桃、雞翅木或染色的白橡,顏色是深褐帶紫或深灰褐;紋理經過挑選——使用直而細密的徑切紋而不是張揚的山形弦切紋,因此表面安靜、不搶戲,可以承載家具的形體與比例成為主角。表面只上木蠟油或大漆,呈現極為柔和的半霧光澤,幾乎不反光,可以摸出木紋的高低。木料的顏色不是紅褐色的傳統中式染色,而是更接近材料本身的深色。畫面中可以看見同一批木料在不同構件上的紋理連續性。避免:使用紅褐色的傳統中式染色、選擇紋理張揚的山紋、使用高光的漆面、混用多種木色。