Rosewood
Description
Any of several wood from trees of the genus Dalbergia. Rosewood timber has a reddish-purple color and produces a rose-like smell when cut. The wood has a fine grain, smooth texture, and polishes to a high gloss. Rosewood is used for cabinets, musical instruments, piano cases and veneer. It was popular during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
-Brazilian rosewood (Dalbergia nigra)
-East Indian rosewood or Bombay blackwood (Dalbergia latifolia)
-Honduras rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii)
Synonyms and Related Terms
jacaranda; East Indian rosewood (Bombay blackwood, Dalbergia latifolia); Honduras rosewood (Dalbergia stevensonii); Brazilian rosewood (palisander, Rio rosewood, Bahia rosewood, Dalbergia nigra); Rosenholz (Deut.); bois de rose (Fr.); palissander (Ned.); shitan (Jap.); palisandro (Esp.); palissandro (It.)
Other Properties
Tree height = to 30m
| Density | 50-63 ppcf |
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Hazards and Safety
Contact may cause allergic rashes. Inhalation of dust may cause asthma
Additional Images
Bolivian rosewood
Rosewood from Honduras
East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia)
Dalbergia sisso
Brazilian rosewood Dalbergia nigra
Authority
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 670
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- F. H. Titmuss, Commercial Timbers of the World, The Technical Press Ltd., London, 1965
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, at http://www.wikipedia.com Comment: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosewood (Accessed Oct. 3, 2005)
- Michael McCann, Artist Beware, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York City, 1979
- George Savage, Art and Antique Restorer's Handbook, Rockliff Publishing Corp, London, 1954
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998
- Website address 1 Comment: Museum of Japanese Traditional Art Crafts at http://www.nihon-kogeikai.com/ (Jap. term)