HARTMANN Furniture Company -- Solid wood units made in Germany

The solid wood for our furniture comes exclusively from
forestry regions where sustainability is practised.
Responsible use of forest resources sustains the ecological balance of nature.

What is so unique and beautiful about solid wood is the
fact that every piece that is processed looks different
by way of its growth and structure.

Fine knots, irregularities and lines are all proof of genuine
wood. Every piece of wood has the natural tendency to
alter its colour in the course of time.

This natural effect makes the wood look even more expressive and is a unique design feature of processed solid wood. No single door, no drawer and no side unit alters its colour evenly.

Structures in the wood reveal themselves as markings that strike the eye to varying degrees
depending on how the tree has grown. Every unit of furniture is a unique piece of nature and a
real joy to the eye for lovers of solid wood.

Biologically speaking, solid wood is excellently suited to being used as a raw material for we only
use white glue for connecting the sections. This white glue contains no formaldehyde or other gases
that can be emitted. This means that untreated solid wooden furniture is a 100% biological product.

Besides alder and maple, beech is at present
the most popular light type of wood. Beech is
used not only for manufacturing furniture, but
also for doors, flooring and other products in
new buildings. The proportion of various kinds
of beech wood amounts to approximately 75%
of the total wood used today.

Origin:	Central Europe, especially lower mountain ranges in Germany, where sustainable forestry is practised.
Growth:	Slow-growing. The trees need around 50 to 80 years before they are ready for felling.
Hardness:	Beech is very hard and short-fibred.
Colour:	The heart wood is reddish brown and dark. The rest is whitish. After steaming, the wood takes on a salmon to reddish colour.
Weight:	Heavy, approx. 730 kg/m³ at a wood humidity level of 8%.

Two different species of alder are processed in
the manufacture of solid wooden furniture. Most manufacturers use American alder, better known
as red alder. We also use this type of alder
because its structure and markings are quite expressive. The European alder is less markedly structured, with some typical black cracks.

Origin:	Red alder grows on the west coast of the USA and on the border to Canada.
Growth:	Quick growing. The trees are ready for felling after approx. 30 to 40 years.
Hardness:	Red alder is one of the medium-hard woods.
Weight:	Light, approx. 420 kg/m³ at a wood humidity level of 8%.

Oak was the first type of wood that Hartmann
used in the manufacture of modern solid wooden furniture. Oak only accounts for about 5% of our
entire collection at present due to the current
trend towards beech and red alder.
We mainly process American white oak because
of its striking grain patterns and better sorting characteristics.

Origin:	The north-eastern region of the USA
Growth:	Very slow growing. The trees need around 60 to 90 years before they are ready for felling.
Hardness:	Hard, quite long-fibred wood.
Colour:	The heart wood is yellowish brown The splint wood is white.
Weight:	Heavy, approx. 750 kg/m³ at a wood humidity level of 8%.