Rattan Cirebon
February 2, 2008 – 1:22 amBeside pottery, Cirebon also has handicraft center rattan. One of place is whole of Tegal Sari road. In this road a line seller rattan product, start from tudung saji, parcel until furniture. Furniture shop in road line as any have own workshop and open in Monday-Saturday days at 06.00-22.00.
According H.Nasir, owner of agung rattan furniture, at first he much export chair rattan, but since increasing oil fuel in 1995 year. The Production gets trouble due to price of rattan bounce up. In this shop, the rattan furniture was combining with banana leaf and sea grass. Area rattan industry also in Tegal Wangi, have furniture price lower than Tegal Sari. Indeed, the quality was different and this are lay not in tip of road. But he goods should similar with Jl. Kemang, Jakarta Selatan. In celebration days, this area usually crowd visiting buyer.
Important to know:
- Rattan furniture painted with solid and sold cheap price, usually use rattan low quality. Color not smoothly yellow but blackish.
- Rattan which pared peel can be finished more variety. While rattan still uses peel, color can’t run away from original rattan color. But weakness is rattan which pared easy attached by moldy.
- Furniture curve model more expensive than straight due to young rattan difficult to be curved (sometimes broken).
