The furniture is largely rose wood together with pieces in other rare and valuable woods.
It was restored during 1984-1985 using rare woods and including work by special craftsmen.
Finding another pole of the same rare wood was not easy.
At the time of the donation it was the third largest collection of rare wood in the country.
Traditionalists mainly work with rare local woods and other precious materials.
Much of the boiserie, all rare woods, was hand carved.
The unique quality of each piece being the rare and exquisite woods they were styled from.
This forest was created to protect seeds of rare woods.
He does not give them fanciful titles; the labels simply list the rare wood from which each piece was cut.
When they were gone, the board glistened; its rare woods showed their beauty.