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Certain part
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Cherry
-A hard and sturdy wood with a reddish-brown
tone and tight, straight grain.
Cherry resists warping and checking and is
easily worked. It is used in 18th century
American and French styles, both as a solid
and veneer.
Mahogany
-Close-grained with excellent woodworking
and finishing qualities,
mahogany is a red-brown wood closely associated
with formal 18th century and Victorian
furniture. It's used both as a solid and for
veneers. Crotch mahogany is a veneer cut from
beneath the fork of the tree, is known for
its handsome markings.
Zebra -An
African wood that, when quarter sawn, shows
brown and
black stripes on a lighter background.
ELM
-Properties: Hard durable and usually with
a very ‘twisty’ grain ,elm was used
exclusively for the seats of Windsor chairs
because of it’s stability and resistance to
splitting ,imported from northern Europe .
OAK –Properties:
hard and durable , resistant to rot due to
dampness,
therefore suitable for outside structures.
Widely used in furniture making.
Veneers
-Thin, decorative slices of wood cut or sliced
from a log, then applied to
a core material of solid wood or particle
board.The technique allows the application
of
especially attractive grains to furniture
surfaces, even when the wood from which the
veneer is taken is too rare, expensive or
hard-to-work to be used structurally.
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