Kingwood is a classic furniture wood, almost exclusively used for inlays on very fine furniture. It was the most expensive wood in general use for furniture making in the seventeenth century, at which time it was known as princes wood. It is brownish-purple with many fine darker stripes and occasional irregular swirls. Occasionally it contains pale streaks of a similar colour to the sapwood, as in the picture.
4-616: Kingwood may refer to: Kingwood (wood) , a classic wood used for inlay work in furniture Places [ edit ] Kingwood Center , Mansfield, Ohio, USA Kingwood, Houston , Texas, USA Kingwood, West Virginia , USA Kingwood Township, New Jersey , USA Music [ edit ] Kingwood (album) , an album by the Swedish punk rock group Millencolin See also [ edit ] Kingswood (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
8-421: A spectacular finish. It turns well, but due to its density and hardness it can be difficult to work with hand tools. It also has a tendency to blunt tools due to its abrasive properties. It is available only in small sizes. Occasionally it is used in the solid for small items and turned work, including parts of billiard cues, e.g., those made by John Parris . This article about furniture or furnishing
12-461: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kingwood (wood) It is yielded by a smallish tree, Dalbergia cearensis , restricted to a small area in Brazil. Other woods from the same genus are cocobolo , rosewood , African blackwood , Bombay blackwood and Brazilian tulipwood . The wood is very dense and hard, and can be brought to
16-451: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kingwood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kingwood&oldid=937985717 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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