With some
wood it is not just quickened
toning - which some might treat as a benefit - that is the problem.
I have a 5' tall wooden cabinet with seven drawers, each with a
glass front. I bought it at the Bombay Company years ago. I think it was called a "haberdashers cabinet". I don't know what kind of
wood it is made of, but for the
price it is definitely not mahogany, oak or cherry.
I used it to store
antiquities, mainly
fibulae but also
Roman belt fittings and harness pendants. All mostly bronze. After a few years I noticed, to my horror that it was aiding and abetting the formation of
bronze disease and/or degradation of
patina.
I have now removed all bronze items, some of which required cleaning and some of which have poorer patinas as a result.
I
still use it to store objects made of iron, lead,
stone and ceramics and have seen no detrimental effects on any of these.
I don't know if it is the
wood, or the glues used in the fabrication of the cabinet, but something was bad with a capital B for the bronze. My guess is that what was being released contained, at least in
part, a sulphur compound but I am not sure.
Shawn