Transcript Materials Used in Philippine Furniture and Furnishings

Materials Used in Philippine
Furniture and Furnishings
Bamboo
 Bamboo is the tallest among
the grasses, and can reach up
to 40m.
 Used in the Philippines for a
variety of uses, ranging from
food , handicrafts to furniture.
 Generally cheaper than other
materials and last usually a
year to three years and four to
seven if used indoors and
even up to ten to fifteen years
when treated and used under
favorable conditions.
Bamboo
 The poles are used as framing
to furniture and the strips of
outer and inner skin, used as
sidings, seats or back
 As a handicraft, bamboo is
made into decorative flowers,
baskets, picture frames,
lanterns, fans, and kitchen
utensil; and as a construction
material, made into sawali
panels, veneers, plywood,
parquet tiles and reinforcement
for concrete blocks.
Bamboo floor lamps from Bacolod
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Bamboo
DC-230 Lattice Bamboo Host
DC-151 Spindle Bamboo Host
AC-1025 Bamboo Table Lamp
4 Panel Divider
Buri
 Largest palm in the
Philippines, reaching a height
of 20 m.
 Strips of unopened leaves are
made into mats, bags and
baskets.
 The midribs are made into
furniture such as barrel chairs,
love seats, peacock chair,
stools, coffee and end tables,
lampshades and wall
decorations.
Buri
 Good quality of midribs are
available in Mindanao, Cebu,
Bohol, Iloilo, Leyte, Samar,
Negros, Batangas, Quezon,
Cagayan and in Bicol and
Ilocos regions.
 Buri furniture is next to rattan
in terms of export
performance.
Peacock Chair Buri Natural
Buri
Oval Gathering Basket
Voyage
Fibers
 Used mainly for furnishing
such as, wall coverings, place
mats, carpets, upholstery, lamp
shades, baskets, ropes, paper,
etc.
 Examples of fibers abundant in
the Philippines are abaca,
banana, buntal, cabo negro,
cotton, kenaf, maguey,
pineapple, raffia, ramie, which
have different characteristics
such as length, luster, strenght,
etc.
Fibers
Palm Placemat
Raffia Holiday Angels
Tablecloth and Table Napkins
Rattan
 A climbing palm with a very
long, tough stem.
 Rattan is commonly worked
with bamboo and buri.
 Used for making bent-wood
chair frames, picture frames,
cables for ferry boats and
sometimes to support short
suspension bridges.
Rattan
 Split rattan are made into
mats, hats, baskets and also
used in caning chair seats and
back, while the round core is
used for reed or wicker chair.
 Rattan furniture is the highest
in terms of export qualities.
Yoda
Rattan
Rattan Rocking Chair
Manolo
Wood
 Principal raw material for
furniture combining beauty,
light weight, low cost,
availability and workability.
 Example of some of the trees
used for manufacturing
furniture are apitong, bagtikan,
dao, guijo, kamagong, molave,
narra, red and white lauan,
tanguile, etc.
 Because of natural color, wood
becomes superior to other
materials.
Wood
Bones
 Used as inlays to furniture and
accessories
 Have exterior layer, which is
dense, continuous and evenly
thick.
 Many artisans prefer the use of
carabao bone for the reason
that it exhibits the
characteristics more
permanently.
Shells
 Used also as inlays to
furniture, used to make
jewelries, handicrafts and
other accessories.
 Shell used for inlays are the
Mother-of-Pearl, which comes
from abalones, oyster shells
and the kapis.
 Because of its natural color,
shells such as kapis are used
in window panes and lamps,
giving lighting more effect.
Leather
 Important upholstery material
for furniture.
 Used by Filipino artisans for
upholstery as early as the late
18th century.
 Leather comes from hides
obtained from large animals
such cows, carabaos, and
horses; skins obtained from
smaller animals such as
calves, goats, sheep, and
alligators and from kips
obtained from pelts of reptiles.
Stones
 Use of marbles and other hard
stones to decorate furniture.
 Introduced in the Philippines
by the Chinese and European
furnitures.
 Stones includes marbles and
other gemstones such as
emeralds, aquamarines,
rubies, sapphires, etc.
Stones
References:
 Philippine Materials for Furniture & Furnishings
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http://www.bamboogazebo.com/catalog.php#furniture
http://www.kennethcobonpue.com
http://www.budji.com/
http://www.galleontrade.com/products.html
http://www.wikipedia.com