by Viaux-Locquin
ISBN 9782852041172
Les bois d’ébénisterie dans le mobilier français (book)
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Les bois d’ébénisterie dans le mobilier français / Cabinetmaking Woods in French Furniture (book) by Jacqueline Viaux-Locquin. Publisher: Léonce Laget. New hardcover – 9.44 x 6.69 inches, 230 pages. 1997. French text.
A study of some sixty native and exotic woods used in French furniture from the 15th century to the present day.
For each wood cited, the following details are given in order: scientific names, vernacular names, habitat, characteristics, density, color, and technological qualities (grain, grain, dyeability, polishability, etc.). Forms in which the wood was used: solid, veneered, peeled, for its burls, its roots, stained, varnished, painted.
A history of its use based on examples of furniture, mostly preserved in French public collections. For an informed audience.
Some examples: A: apricot, mahogany, almond, snakewood, and hawthorn. B: balata, ironwood, rosewood and boxwood. C: camphor, cedar and oak. E: ebony, spruce and maple. F and G: ash, fustic and gum. H and I: beech and yew. J, M and N: jarrah, larch and hazel. O and P: okoumé, elm, rosewood and pitch pine. R and S: black locust, sapele, redwood and sipo. T, W and Z: thuja, tiller, wacapou and zingana.
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