Wood from 1987 storm - Specimen details

Wood from 1987 storm - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 69849

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Plant Name 159.03 FAGACEAE Castanea sativa Entry Book Number 38.1991
Artefact Name Wood from 1987 storm Vernacular Name
Iso Country United Kingdom TDWG Region United Kingdom
Parts Held Wood from 1987 storm Geography Description Great Britain, Surrey, RBG Kew
Uses Wood from 1987 stormUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Woods size B Related Items
Donor Gasson P Donor No
Donor Date 00/00/1991 Donor Notes
Collector Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: Wood sample from October 1987 storm No. 00 73 11217x0Dx0Ax0Dx0AA scanned image of the wood was included in the appendix of: Adam Bowett (2012) Woods in British Furniture-Making, 1400-1900: An Illustrated Historical Dictionary. Kew, Eng.: Oblong Cre, ative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2012. xxxiii + 360 pp x0Dx0AIn 2009 Campbell Norman-Smith of Buckinghamshire New University sanded and cleaned the reverse side of the sample (the side to be scanned), then coated the right hand side, of this surface with 2 coats of superfine white shellac and isopropynol alcohol whilst the left hand side was left unvarnished. x0Dx0A

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