IN THE HISTORY OF CHINESE CRAFTS, FURNITURE WITH HIGH-QUALITY MATERIAL AND CRAFTSMANSHIP WERE PRODUCED, BUT ONLY PIECES OF MING & QING TIME HAVE BEEN PRESERVED UNTILL TODAY AND BECOME WELL-KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD. DURING THIS GOLDEN AGE OF CLASSIC CHINESE FURNITURE, MOST OF THE BEST FURNITURE WERE MADE FROM HUANGHUALI WOOD. HUANGHUALI WOOD GREW IN HAINAN ISLAND AND VIETNAN, AND THAT WHICH FROM HAINAN CALLED “HAINAN SANDELWOOD” IN ANCIENT TIME IS THE BEST. THE COLOUR OF THIS WOOD IS PERFECT , NEITHER TOO SUBDUED NOR TOO SHOWY, AND IT’S GRAIN, WHICH AT TIMES CAN BE QUIET DISTINCT, IS VERY VARIED. HUANGHUALI WITH A DEVIL’S FACE IS VERY VALUABLE, WHILE  THAT WITH A COARSE GRAIN AND LIGHT COLOUR IS INFERIOR. THE WOOD IS HARD AND FINE, EXCELLENT FOR FURNITURE AND SCULPT , AND NO WONDER THAT THIS WOOD IS SO FAVOURED BY CONNOSSEURS.