Am I seeing afrormosia everywhere???

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DrPoulet

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30/08/2015 1:14 am

Hi,

I have purchased an easy chair by Poul Volther for Frem Rolje. It is actually a 340 with a higher backrest.
While cleaning it, I noticed than the wood of the backrest (and of a rail underneath the seat) is slightly different from the wood of the rest of the chair: darker, smoother and with a slightly different grain.
On the furniture index, no other wood than teak is mentioned for the 340 easy chair.
Can anyone confirm me that two different types of wood could have been used on this chair?
Here are a few pictures (sorry I did not manage to take good close up). Is it afrormosia or just teak like the rest of the chair?

Many thanks for your help!
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leif ericson - Zephyr Renner

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30/08/2015 2:19 am

I can't tell much from the photos, but it looks like the right amount of darkness compared to teak. That afrormosia has seen some sunlight.
And Afrormosia is everywhere in Danish furniture. It is nicer when they use it as a primary wood instead of a secondary.

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DrPoulet

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30/08/2015 4:04 pm

Thanks Leif! Here is a better picture.
It is probably a stupid question but why are there 2 wood types used for this chair? The aesthetic reason is not really obvious as we are talking about the backrest. Is it to cut production cost?

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oskar

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30/08/2015 6:29 pm

Afrormosia is a harder wood than teak, so better for structural reasons. Most chairs either have afrormosia or danish beech as the seat bottom and the seat back, if covered, is usually beech. Since the seat back in this case shouldn't be covered, they went with afrormosia. I have a few different chairs that combine both teak and afrormosia.

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