Millwork Terms
Thin, narrow strips of different-colored woods made up in patterns and inlaid into grooves cut in cabinet work as a decorative feature.
General term used to designate lumber or veneer produced from deciduous trees in contrast to softwood, which is produced from evergreen or coniferous trees.
In finishing, a nitrocellulose-based lacquer without additives.
This specification indicates veneers are put together randomly for the face of a piece of plywood, with no matching grain character in the same face.
Special matching or sketch matching (per a submitted sketch) of veneers that may be done in an infinite number of patterns, including the more common diamond match, box match, checkerboard, herringbone, and a host of others.
Moldings used to accent ceiling intersections and traditional pediments and casework tops.
Generally, a molding placed around a door frame or window frame.
Lumber, veneer, or plastic laminate attached to the edge of a plywood or particleboard panel.
The size, alignment, and color of wood fibers in a piece of lumber. The fibers in wood and their direction, size, arrangement, appearance, or quality.
The variation from slip match is that every other piece of veneer in the face is reversed, end for end, with the adjoining sheet that "balances" the characteristics of the pieces of veneer in the face.