What types of wood can be used in furniture making?
The following is a list of wood types: Amboyna: a yellowish-brown burred surface – between bird’s-eye maple and burr walnut. Used 18th century into the 19th century, crossbanding and whole surfaces. Apple: One of the fruitwoods used solid in country furniture 18th century, although used as veneer earlier. A light reddish-brown color with mild figuring, close-ground and hard. Ash: A whitish-grey fairly hard wood used in country furniture 18th century also drawer linings. Beech: A light brown and distinctive flecked grain. Prone to woodworm used largely for chairs from the 17th century onwards. In the late Georgian/Regency periods it was painted. Early caned chairs of Restoration period used Beech instead of walnut for economy and then ebonised. Birch: A light yellowish-brown color fairly soft. Used 18th century for chairs and country furniture. Boxwood: A whitish-yellow color, without any figure. Used mainly as inlay and stringing from the 16th century. Cedar: Reddish-brown, like a soft
