Furniture woods........... Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary
Bird's eye maple
A marking of small spots, supposed to resemble birds' eyes, often found in the wood of the sugar maple. Used and much prized from the earliest to present times.
Maple is of several qualities, the bird's-eye maple being most highly valued. It somewhat resembles satinwood, but is more buff than yellow, has more curl, and more " bird's-eye."
Maple is light and not very durable, and is used only in the cheaper kinds of furniture.
- Sheraton chest of drawers - Dana Tillou Fine Arts
- Slant front desk - Colonial Revival and Hoosier Furniture
- Sideboard - Lang Collection
Polished or treated with corcuma oil
Hofmobiliendepot Imperial Furniture Collection,Vienna, Austria. On display
in 2005.
Sheraton chest of drawers - Dana
Tillou Fine Arts
See also: laminated ..... veneered ..... inlay ..... marquetry
