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Re: Waltonian Merchandiser identified
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 12:33 pm
by badpenny
gameswat wrote: ↑Fri Apr 05, 2019 10:35 am
………... striped oak like that does not grow in Aust .......
I was convinced you were going to say
"on trees"
Re: Alfred Leonard Walton of Blackpool
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 1:33 pm
by pennymachines
Also called figured, fiddleback or quartersawn oak. The terms are not entirely synonymous but the latter, of course, refers to the method of slicing the logs for structural stability and to show the grain to best decorative advantage.
Common terms relating to the figure of wood
Re: Alfred Leonard Walton of Blackpool
Posted: Fri Apr 05, 2019 2:57 pm
by brigham
Oliver Whales 'recycled' a lot of these in the '60s.