what is rattan | XINSANXING

Rattan is a dense, strong, light and tough natural material, with the characteristics of not being afraid to squeeze, not afraid of pressure, flexible and elastic.

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Bamboo rattan, white rattan and red rattan are the main types of rattan used to weave rattan furniture. Bamboo rattan is called onyx rattan, which is known as the "king of rattan". This is the most expensive rattan, native to Indonesia and Malaysia. It not only has a beautiful surface, but also has a high degree of water resistance, its tissue structure is dense, extremely flexible, not easy to burst, so durable. Another kind of rattan is red rattan, the production of more, cheaper, generally used to make rattan shelves, rattan decorative ware and other lower-grade rattan ware.

In addition to making furniture and ornaments, there are two by-products of white rattan that can also be useful in rattan products. One is the rattan skin peeled from the rattan pole, which can be used to weave reed products and as a decorative surface for metal and rattan frames. Another by-product is the central part of the rattan, called the rattan heart. By cutting it down to a smaller diameter, it can be used to weave wicker products for decorative and support purposes. Rattan cores are also used to make furniture such as chairs.

Nowadays, most of the rattan furniture that people are fond of has incorporated modern craft techniques and artistic means of creation. In the past, the impression of rattan furniture was often that the surface was rough and vulnerable to insects, and not easy to store for a long time. Nowadays, rattan furniture has overcome these shortcomings in the production process, after the fine processing of materials, but also after ultraviolet radiation sterilization, steam high-temperature treatment, with machines to rattan raw materials into a certain length and fine specifications, so that the surface of the rattan made of delicate, smooth, and has the characteristics of anti-poison, anti-moth and health.

In China, people are used to using rattan to make cabinets, lamps, shelves, chairs, tables and beds. Nowadays, with the gradual increase of people's awareness of environmental protection and the increasing prevalence of the trend of returning to nature, various rattan and green craft products have started to enter thousands of households and become a new round of home decoration fashion.

The traditional rattan furniture is integrated into the modern design concept and hand-woven by trained workers according to the design plan of designers and craftsmen into a section of decorative and functional rattan furniture or small ornaments. After the very elaborate production, it will be polished, varnished and even painted to make the finished product look strong and durable. In the shape also jumped out of the traditional framework, a change from the simple, crude in the past. Many rattan furniture are designed and made with smooth and soft lines, and the shape is noble and comfortable, quite a bold and elegant style, so that rattan furniture does not lose its pure and natural, fresh and crisp features, but also full of modern atmosphere and fashionable features, full of modern atmosphere and fashion flavor.

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Post time: Jan-12-2022