MACASSAR EBONY - CLASSIC STRIPE

Also known as: Coromandel, Calamander, Marblewood

Botanical Name: Diospyros celebica, D. kurzii, D. quaesita and others

Origin: S.E. Asian Islands, particularly Celebes

Description: A beautiful, hard, close textured veneer that is very variable in appearance from one log to another, coming as it does from several different species of Ebony. Usually dark brown to black, streaked with bands of lighter wood that may vary from pinky brown to orange or grey-brown. This gives a pronounced stripy effect which may be anything from very close and fine to quite wide and “splashy”. When the stripes combine movement and contrast the veneer is often described as “Marble Macassar”. Produced from narrow flitches of timber, the veneers are rarely over 150mm wide. Some wilder grained flitches can yield veneer that has a crown appearance.