Varieties of carved wooden chairs and tips for their choice

A chair is an indispensable piece of furniture in every home. Its modest appearance makes it invisible surrounded by massive wardrobes and sofas. But if the chair is made of natural wood and decorated with artistic carvings, it will certainly 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 bewitching. 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 in the interior brings a feeling of warmth and coziness; it is pleasant to the touch. It is comfortable to be near such furniture.
• Environmental friendliness. With the right selection of varnishes, the product will not harm even the smallest users.
• Diversity. Nature has made sure that millions of plants do not resemble each other. Wood has a different texture, pattern, color, density, which allows you to perform completely unique objects from it. Due to the wide variety of materials, such furniture can be matched to many interiors.
• Strength and durability. Wood of less wood-based material is subject to moisture and temperature extremes. With proper drying and processing, products will last in good quality for more than one generation.

Unfortunately, curly furniture also has its drawbacks, which should be known before its purchase.

• It’s not easy to take care of artistically decorated chairs: dust gets stuck in carved elements, it is difficult to remove. Products require special care products designed for wooden furniture.
• Openwork carving is fragile, it is possible to break some artistic elements during transportation or when handled carelessly.
• Carved chairs are not suitable for all interior styles and are not combined with every furniture.
• High price products.

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

Trees vary in color, pattern structure, density. The appearance, strength, durability, machinability and material cost depend on these 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 small density run.

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

• Dark wood (wenge, sapelli, ebony, rosewood and other varieties of ebony) has a luxurious appearance. It belongs to expensive exotic varieties and is found in houses with palace interiors.
• Plants look respectable with red wood - merabu, yew, cherry.
• More common for mid-latitude regions are moderate 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 picture is expressive, it carries a certain charge of energy and looks more impressive. The rich texture of the furniture is selected in the interiors with a calm tone of the walls. Excessive decoration suggests a more even pattern of wood.

A weakly pronounced structure is observed in beech, wenge, alder. A beautiful active texture is oak, maple, plane tree.

Particularly dense wood occurs in tropical plants. The heaviest are the trees of the iron group. They drown in water, and products from them are considered the most durable, durable and expensive. The disadvantages include the complexity of processing such a material, since the dense structure is difficult to process.

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

Wood is a universal material, especially in the manufacture of furniture, so the chairs made of wood will suit any style. But for products with artistic carvings, restrictions still exist. They are combined with the atmosphere of historical and ethnic trends, however, they do not get along well in modern interiors. Masters often perform their antique products, and ivory, leather, velvet, and rhinestones are chosen as decoration for table models.

Strict medieval style. Thin backs, directed upwards, clear shapes, ascetic hardness of the seat.

The direction originated in Italy, refers to the Renaissance. Much is borrowed from ancient culture. Elements of sculptural images (heads and paws of animals) participate in the carving.

The artsy style of the 17th century with an abundance of decorative elements.

The chairs of the 18th century are already more elegant, although they repeat the artistic orientation of the Baroque, but in more sophisticated lines.

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

In order not to make a mistake with choosing a chair from solid wood, should pay attention to the following nuances.

• Style, color and design should be in harmony with the existing environment.
• The chair is checked for reliability, stability and durability. Too sophisticated elements are short-lived, especially for children's rooms.
• You should make sure that you have a really solid wood, and the carving has not been created industrially.

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 form of a scorpion and a mantis.

• Restrained, but stylish bishop's “throne”.

• Chairs with plot backs look attractive: arnuvo-style foliage or a deer head.

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