Lovely Art Deco Birdseye Maple Small Desk Writing Table

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$1,550.00

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A truly stunning birdseye maple writing table in the fabulous Art Deco style of the 1920s. The grain of the wood is truly fantastic.

It has three drawers on each side with a useful slide above each bank of drawers. This versatile piece could also be used as a dressing table.

Birdseye Maple occurs primarily in Sugar Maple and is a very hard wood with divergent grain structure caused by the presence of the Birdseyes.

Matching chair available if required.

In the days when all furniture was made essentially by hand, Birdseye Maple was used by only the most capable cabinetmakers. These artisans had developed the tools and skills to work and finish Birdseye Maple successfully. Antique furniture made out of Birdseye Maple is rare and beautiful.

The divergent grain that makes Birdseye Maple beautiful also makes it difficult to work. Early woodworking machines ran at low rpms and had only 2 knives per cutterhead. This often produced Birdseye surfaces that were chipped and torn. It took many hours of hand planing and scraping to get these surfaces to a high sheen.

This limited the use of Birdseye maple to projects whose value could justify the extra labour cost. Examples of this are fine furniture and musical instruments.