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Chairs
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ASH
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A tough, strong
and flexible wood with a good appearance. Excellent for furniture making
in general, it is the mainstay of the English chairmaking tradition.
Ash is usually a cream or pale tan colour with straight even grain,
occasionally darker and figured.
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CHERRY
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A beautiful
furniture making timber.
Cherry has a sandy colour with a pink tinge, sometimes streaked with
green. It polishes to a smooth elegant finish which darkems and mellows
with time.
Availability can be scarce due to the tree size.
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OAK
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The great
English furniture making timber. Strong, durable with distinctive grain
patterns.
Oak's natural heartwood varies between light and dark tan or biscuit
colour. It can be stained to darker tones with good effect.
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YEW
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Highly prized
by chairmakers for its fine working qualities, and also by discerning
collectors who admire its beautiful visual effects and silky smooth
finish.
Yew is an exceptionally attractive wood with golden orange-brown colour
streaked with darker veins and knots.
A strong and durable wood reserved for the very best chair making.
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Carvings
Woods
that have strength in small section are used for the carvings to
preserve the detail and visual impact of the finished design. By
request, Peter
Tree uses 'fruitwoods' such as apple, cherry, pear, holly and hawthorn
because of their fine grain, smooth texture and subtle colouring.
Traditionally limited to use in backsplats due to the smaller tree
sizes.
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3,500 years old
During the
Bronze age the English Fenland was covered with forest. Some remnants of
this are preserved as partially-fossilised bog yew and bog oak. These
ancient woods are often quite sound, but unfortunately only small
amounts are suitable for use. Peter Tree produces carvings in
these darker bog woods inserted as panels in back splats of other
'fresh' woods.
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