Descriptive catalogue of the woods commonly employed in this country for the mechanical and ornamental arts (1852)
London : Holtzapffel · leaf 53
40 SERPENTINE GRAIN ; SILVER GRAIN. just as some of the medallic engravings appear in cameo or in intaglio, according to the direction in which the light falls upon them. Fig. 11. … The woods possessing this wavy character, generally split with an undulating fracture, the ridges being commonly at right angles to the axis of the tree, or square across the board ; but in a speci¬ men of an Indian red wood, the native name of which is Caliatour, the ridges are inclined at a…
Wood -- Identification · Woodwork -- Great Britain
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