Large wood jewelry boxes are for you if you have an extensive and expensive collection of precious Jewelry and trinkets. Considering the monetary and aesthetic value of the contents of the box, you may want to go in for a box that is also made of expensive and rare wood, and adorned with intricate handcrafts like marquetry, and other embellishments.
Several different kinds of wood are using in making jewelry boxes. Exotic marquetry with rare veneers and burls on ordinary boxes made of commonly available rubber wood can make the box itself look very expensive. Bird's Eye Maple is a very rare and expensive wood that is frequently used in marquetry and adds charm to the rather dull exterior.
It is not a wood by itself; it is an aberrant but quite natural phenomenon that takes place on the Hard Sugar Maple . The swirling birds' eyes patterns are extremely visually appealing. It could easily be mistaken for a burl if it wasn't for the absence of the knots that are common in burlwood.
The North Eastern regions of North America are the home to Bird's Eye Maple and the swirling bird eyes that are characteristic of this wood can be found a centimeter apart from each other with a diameter of 3 to 5 mm approximately. It is mostly light in color and has a very porous texture. The Bird’s Eye Maple veneer is extremely delicate and has a gloss finish that makes it very attractive for making jewelry boxes.
The divergent patterns make it quite difficult to work with the Bird's Eye Maple as cutting and carving can be quite tiresome. It is only major advances in technology that saved it from disappearing totally from the scene; with newer more user friendly machines, it became easier to work with this exotic wood. Carpenters in earlier times, are said to have thrown the Bird's Eye Maple into the flames as firewood as they just couldn't carve it the way they wanted to! Now this amazing wood is used to produce evocative designs in marquetry that makes the jewelry box exceptional to look at .
It looks really elegant and gives the box an air of unparalleled sophistication. So you just cannot go wrong with a jewelry box with exquisite marquetry with Birds Eye Maple . You never know, it may turn out to be more beautiful than your jewelry!
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