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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A thin, decorative facing glued to the surface of an inferior base material. Wood veneer panels are generally made from [ | + | A thin, decorative facing glued to the surface of an inferior base material. Wood veneer panels are generally made from [[mahogany|mahogany]], [[oak|oak]], [[walnut|walnut]], or [[cedar%20wood|cedar]]. The panels are about 2-3 mm thick. The term veneer is also used for thin facings made from [[brick|brick]], [[stone|stone]], and [[plaster|plaster]]. |
== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
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placage (Fr.); chapa de madera (Esp.); sfogliato (It.); tranciato (It.); folha (Port.) | placage (Fr.); chapa de madera (Esp.); sfogliato (It.); tranciato (It.); folha (Port.) | ||
| − | == | + | ==Resources and Citations== |
* G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 618 | * G.S.Brady, ''Materials Handbook'', McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 618 | ||
Latest revision as of 09:56, 25 June 2022
Description
A thin, decorative facing glued to the surface of an inferior base material. Wood veneer panels are generally made from Mahogany, Oak, Walnut, or cedar. The panels are about 2-3 mm thick. The term veneer is also used for thin facings made from Brick, Stone, and Plaster.
Synonyms and Related Terms
placage (Fr.); chapa de madera (Esp.); sfogliato (It.); tranciato (It.); folha (Port.)
Resources and Citations
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 618
- Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
- Hermann Kuhn, Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art and Antiquities, Butterworths, London, 1986
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Twentieth-Century Building Materials, McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995
- Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments, National Park Service, Washington DC, 1984 Comment: stone veneer
- Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997
- The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998