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fiddleback

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fiddleback, cross figure, cross fire, ripple figure
Abrupt, curly figures in wood, particularly maple and mahogany, caused by undulations in fiber alignment.


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In the elevator lobby, for example, visitors will be greeted with warm and inviting light, a soothing stone tile floor and a soft colored wood ceiling while in the waiting room, which will be uniquely lit with a variety of medium/high level light fixtures, patients can appreciate an intricate 50-foot-long by 9-foot-high feature wall of Anigre Quartered Fiddleback wood paneling and back lit glass.
The floors bore the striped fiddleback grain that develops only in old-growth maples bent and strained by the wind.
While the grain is usually straight, it can sometimes be interlocked or wavy, producing a beautiful fiddleback figure.
 
 
 
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