Ebony

Fossil oak or so-called "ebony" is natural wood, aged two to seven thousand years, which extremely long laid at the bottom of the river, covered with meters of thick layers of mud, gravel and sand. This kind of oak,  due to chemical reaction component of wood and iron in the water turns black. The outer layer IS grayish-black inside and something brighter grayish-brown on the inside. It is a material of exceptional solidity, which makes it very resistant and durable.

For the procurement of fossil oak, the company has professional associates, members of professional diving team specialized in underwater work. Oak fossil locations are found in several Croatian rivers in the continental part of the country. Because of the thick layer of soil at the bottom of the river ,the extraction of fossil oak is an extremely difficult and complex job.

Equally challenging is the process of drying wood that laid thousands of years under the mud. In Croatia, because of technological problems  no one has dealt with this business, so the company had to find experts,to overcome this quite complex technology of drying.  Today, these experts take care about the fossil wood drying process for the production of exclusive furniture. Moreover, it should be known that the utilization of fossil oak, or its trunk, which is extracted from the water, is  quite small-about 20%, which inevitably furniture made out of it has a higher price. This justifies the many benefits of the final product.

Centuries-old oak

Under centuries-old oak tree we mean a hundred or two hundred years old oak wood, obtained from the demolished old wooden houses and stables. This special wood which was exposed for centuries to influence of all kind of weather conditions, and which thereby acquired the quality, particularly in terms of resilience and endurance,can not even closely  compete with fresh wood. It is known that several Croatian regions, especially Turopolje area abounds with "wooden beauties" - manors, courts, churches and chapels, built by the hands of the masters of wooden architecture. These extremely interesting examples of wooden architecture with beautifully carved porches, staircases, and many details are now monuments. From the "wooden beauties" are considerably more numerous houses, barns, stables and other wooden objects made of oak, which, apart from age, have no value. Most  wooden ruins uglify landscapes and picturesque villages. These old buildings once served the peasants, which have long been replaced by brick houses and agricultural buildings of modern materials. Associates of our company purchase the old oak materials in the villages (currently in Pokupski), destroy old houses and take oak in the workshop of the company. In workshop the oak is treated and prepared for production of furniture. Utilization of the centuries-old oak is about forty percent.

Bleached oak

Bleached oak is obtained when on the brushed or sandblasting surface is applied a white protective layer and then painted with aquatic eco-lacquer or wax. Such oak has the same features as the one that wasn’t bleached, except that it has a different look or esthetic appearance. In the past ten years white oak was preferred in furniture production, for the clients who have remained faithful to this trend, were given the possibility to get the same esthetic impression as they had with centuries-old or fossil oak, while retaining all its advantages over fresh wood species. Such treatment is also in accordance with the highest standards of ecological production.