From the royal navy to the so-called "port" furniture or historical footnotes on Guianese woods in the 18th century

Abstract

At the beginning of the 18th century, in 1715, and for the first time, samples of Guianese wood « which might be used for shipbuilding » were required from France.
Indeed, the oaks of French forests were no longer in sufficient quantity to meet the increasing demand of the royal navy. If many ships were built, there were also numerous wrecks ... They were sold in the ports of the Atlantic and the sound wood, which was the case of the tropical wood used, was salvaged.
The latter had then a new life in the form of hard-wearing pieces of furniture, which were called« port » furniture and are highly praised nowadays.