Oriental Antiques & Decor specializes in antique furniture from Burma, most pieces dating from the British colonial period. The furniture is largely made of golden teak, tropical hardwood once plentiful in the rainforests of Indochina. The furniture is brought overland to our shop in Bangkok, Thailand where our in-house refinishing team restores each piece to its original beauty. During the coloni
al period, the mills of Rangoon produced quality, seasoned timber. Teak was plentiful and used generously in crafting furniture. And because most of these pieces are now between 50 to 100 years old, the furniture is very stable and unlikely to wrap or crack. It would be prohibitively expensive if not impossible to reproduce this furniture today using seasoned teak of the same dimensions and quality. We have a large stock of teak wood, red wood and sleeper wood furniture and even merely material for sell. Red wood, by which mainly obtained from one of the world’s tallest trees, reaching over 90 meters in height, width a trunk diameter of up to 3 meters. It is a medium to deep red-brown, straight-grained non-resinous wood. Though often growth slowly, it has a conspicuous growth-ring figure, the wood is firm and moderately strong which works easily and takes an excellent finish provided that tools are kept sharp. Reduced is not prone to checking and splitting and therefore is less damaged by weathering. We would be happy to send you more information and pictures (digital, JEPG images) of items currently available. We accept Visa and can arrange shipping worldwide. Please come and visit or contact us via the internet.
