Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary .

Burl
Pronounced: BURR l

A large rounded outgrowth on the truck or branch of a tree

Sliced and used decoratively in veneer.

Contains dark pith centers and many underdeveloped buds which produce a pitted "little eye: or "knotted effect" on the surface.

• Left Right illustration above: Maple tree with burl
  
  
• Right illustration above: Book matching burl walnut veneers, Victorian davenport - Private collection, Orchard Park, NY
  
  
• Primping mirror - Private collection, Orchard Park, NY
  
  
• Eastlake bed burl walnut headboard panel - River Lea, Grand Island, NY
  
  
• Burl walnut table top - from the Georgia Forman House

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Photos and their arrangement © 2006 Chuck LaChiusa
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