Polished wood board - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 73438 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 39.01 RUTACEAE Chloroxylon swietenia | Entry Book Number | 7.1995 | |
| Artefact Name | Polished wood board | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Sri Lanka | TDWG Region | Sri Lanka | ||
| Parts Held | Polished wood board | Geography Description | Sri Lanka, Asia-Tropical, Indian Subcontinent | ||
| Uses | Polished wood boardUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man | TDWG use | MATERIALS - Wood | ||
| Storage | Woods size D | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Jones HG | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 00/00/1992 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Notes: | Four woods donated - 1 kept in W4 of collections, 3 to be used. 4 planks (2 by 7' and 2 by 3'6'). Letter enclosed from Mr HG Jones, of 25 Cadogan Gardens, Finchley, N3 2HN (Tel 0181 346 5577) Dear Mr Field, Re satinwood boards, as one of the London Direc, tors of the old firm of Joseph Garbner (sic) & Sons, we imported over the years 'dye and fancy woods'. The log from which these boards were quarter sawn was at the old sawmill of A. Keen of Peckham. I think this log was one of a shipment we received abo, ut 1960. Sincerely HG Jones. | ||||