Authentic Wood looks and feels like new wood, but it has a beautiful natural grain that, over time, will enhance the look of your furniture. Old Wood has been used for many years. It is known by different names depending on which part of the world it comes from: shouqi in China, duboisi in France, bole in India, kayu in Indonesia, tawahla in Malaysia, swaaneb in North America. Furniture made from Old Wood is more expensive than new furniture because there are no factories that can turn out mass-manufactured pieces quickly from young wood. So instead, they're manufactured from thin strips of wood that are hard to come by and highly valued. The wood is usually painted or stained before being assembled at the factory line speed of today's industry. Old Wood tends to be heavier than new wood because it has more solid fibers and is never as light as poplar or maple. However, this weight is what gives it its distinctive character and may even provide some benefits for certain applications. There are several terms for wood that is old enough to have experienced growth and death cycles multiple times.