The Rosewood Carving of Suzhou, which dated from the Ming Dynasty, is one of the three main schools of rosewood carving in China.

The Rosewood Carving of Suzhou is made of excellent rare materials, such as Padauk (Zitanmu), Indian rosewood (Suanzhimu), and jacaranda (Hualimu). It is elaborately produced with traditional carving skills like fleet-carving (Qianke), basso-relievo and standing-carving (Lidiao), and the traditional structure of tenon is adopted to restrain shrinkage, distortion and cracking; the color is modest and magnificent with the Chinese traditional lacquering method adopted during lacquering.

The Rosewood Carving of Suzhou has a variety of categories, relating to various commodities of about 1000 kinds. Besides those decorative furniture like beds, cabinets, desks and chairs, there are many other kinds of rosewood craftworks, such as boxes, plates, seats, tea tables, screens, figures of man, beasts and flowers.

The Rosewood Carving of Suzhou has high practical and aesthetic value. Its shape design, decoration style and carving patterns fully convey the oriental charm.