House Notes

The Care of Rosewood

15 December 2025 · 5 min read

How to clean, wax, and preserve Indian rosewood furniture without diminishing the patina that gives it character.

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Occasional notes on acquisitions, restoration, and the objects we consider. No frequency promised.

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A short field guide to the maker's marks, alloy variations, and patina that distinguish 19th-century South Indian brass.

Why we leave the patina, the surface, and most of the history exactly where it was found.

Notes from a private acquisition: ledgers, miniatures, a writing desk that turned out to be Anglo-Indian.