Varieties of carved wood chairs and tips for choosing them

A chair is an irreplaceable piece of furniture in every home. Its modest appearance makes it invisible surrounded by massive cabinets and sofas. But if the chair is made of natural wood and decorated with artistic carvings, it will surely attract the attention of any person. The warmth and energy value of wood, combined with an amazing pattern, changes the interior, making it expensive and impressive.

Wood carving is an ancient art. People have always tried to decorate their life in order to make it more attractive. Chairs with patterns and sculptural elements of flora and fauna look mesmerizing. This type of furniture has many advantages.

• Exclusivity. The master can order a unique product created just for you.
• Aesthetics... The natural beauty of wood in artistic performance will not leave anyone indifferent.
• Special energy... Wood brings a feeling of warmth and comfort to the interior, it is pleasant to the touch. It is comfortable to be near such furniture.
• Environmental friendliness. With the correct selection of varnishes, the product will not harm even the smallest users.
• Diversity... Nature has tried to prevent millions of plants from resembling each other. Wood has a different texture, pattern, color, density, which allows you to make completely unique objects from it. Due to the wide variety of materials, such furniture can be matched to many interiors.
• Strength and durability... Wood with less chip-based material is susceptible to moisture and temperature extremes.With proper drying and processing, the products will serve in good quality for more than one generation.

Unfortunately, curly furniture has its drawbacks, which you should be aware of even before purchasing it.

• Artistic chairs are not easy to maintain: dust clogs into the carved elements, it is difficult to remove it. Products require special care products for wooden furniture.
• Openwork carving is fragile, it is possible to break some art elements during transportation or careless handling.
• Carved chairs are not suitable for all interior styles and are not combined with every furniture.
• High price products.

The quality of the wood noticeably affects the final result of the product, since even with a rich pattern, some chairs will look rustic, while others will look rich and majestic.

Trees differ in color, pattern structure, density. The appearance, strength, durability, malleability and material cost depend on the listed characteristics. Pattern, color and density are more expressive in tropical plants. Plants of temperate latitudes have a relatively modest color gamut, not too saturated structure, and a slight rise in density.

In the color spectrum, you can find wooden products from almost white to black shades.

• Dark wood (wenge, sapelli, ebony, rosewood and other varieties of black trees) are distinguished by their luxurious appearance. It belongs to the expensive exotic varieties and is found in houses with palace interiors.
• Plants look respectable with red wood - merabu, yew, cherry.
• Moderate is more usual for regions of middle latitudes. brown shades - apple tree, walnut, wild garlic.
• Yellow tint can be found in maple, hornbeam, birch and many varieties of coniferous vegetation.

Visual perception depends on the saturation of the texture: low-contrast chairs look calm, and if the drawing is expressive, it carries a certain charge of energy and looks more impressive. The rich texture of the furniture is matched to interiors with a calm tone of the walls. Excessively decorated furnishings suggest a smoother wood pattern.

A weakly expressed structure is observed in beech, wenge, alder. Oak, maple, and sycamore have a beautiful active texture.

Tropical plants have especially dense wood. The heaviest are the trees of the iron group. They sink in water, and products made from them are considered the most durable, durable and expensive. The disadvantages include the complexity of processing such material, since the dense structure is difficult to process.

Among the tree species of a temperate climate, dense varieties include oak, dogwood, hornbeam, larch, white acacia, Karelian birch, maple, ash. The most durable wood material in the world is considered to be the product of trees - bakout, Brazil nut, bongossi, grenadil, jatoba. Pine, linden, willow, poplar, alder, and fir are endowed with soft and pliable wood.

Wood is a versatile material, especially in furniture making, so wood chairs are suitable for any style. But for products with artistic carving, there are still restrictions. They are combined with the atmosphere of historical and ethnic trends, but they do not get along well in modern interiors. Craftsmen often make their products semi-antique, and as decorations for table models they choose ivory, leather, velvet, and rhinestones.

Strict medieval style. Thin backs directed upwards, clear forms, ascetic firmness of the seat.

The direction originated in Italy, belongs to the Renaissance. Much has been borrowed from ancient culture. Elements of sculptural images (heads and paws of animals) are involved in the carving.

Pretentious 17th century style with an abundance of decorative elements.

Chairs of the 18th century are already more graceful, although they repeat the artistic direction of the Baroque, but in more refined lines.

Restrained splendor is manifested in the strict geometric shapes of expensive carved chairs.

In order not to be mistaken when choosing a chair made of solid wood, you should pay attention to the following nuances.

• Style, color and design should be in harmony with the existing environment.
• The chair is tested for reliability, stability and strength. Overly sophisticated elements are short-lived, especially for children's rooms.
• You should make sure that in front of you is really solid wood, and the carving is not industrially created.

Curly chairs have different purposes, but they are united by the splendor of artistic carving and the attraction of natural wood.

• Round antique piano chair.

• Unique furniture in the shape of a scorpion and a praying mantis.

• Restrained but stylish bishop's "throne".

• Chairs with narrative backs look attractive: foliage in the Arnouveau style or the head of a deer.

For information on how to make a carved solid oak chair, see the next video.