Yes it can however, there is MUCH more figure in riven than quarter sawn because with riven, it's split perfectly along it's "radial plane" where...
LOL, nooooooooooooooooo, the alternative to life is.....death.
Its the "figure" in the wood you get when riven, similar to "quarter sawn" oak only much more figure in riven. Look at your second pic at start of...
LOL, sorry you didn't get the stand you wanted! You're correct, life isn't fair! however, it's better than the alternative!
Bottom line? if your stand was early (17th century), it would be made from riven oak which your stand is not, therefore it must be post industrial...
Sorry to overload your thread, difficult to resize all these pics for me. Riven oak is a lost art, only a few woodworkers today process trees in...
The way the same oak looks depending on how it's processed from an oak tree Flat or rotary sawn boards [ATTACH] Riven or split [ATTACH]
And FINALLY, you get to plane it to a finished board [ATTACH]
[ATTACH] A bit of hatchet work
And then on to a riving brake [ATTACH]
Before power tools, furniture forms were made primarily from riven oak, riven means "split" not sawn, "rotary cut" means sawn with a rotary saw at...
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Another problem is, it should be riven (split) oak, not rotary cut as it is in OP stand. My guess is, a stylized version of an early book stand,...
Yeah, is, and VERY collectable, outstanding examples sell for big bucks.
This does not look to me to be an early book stand, it should have a mechanism in back to raise & lower the book. Here is a late 17th century...
You can get an idea of the value people placed on sugar by the cabinets they kept it in, here is a sugar chest from Kentucky, about 1825 in...
Actually, there used to be sugar nippers to cut chunks from a large cone of sugar as recently as the 19th century in USA. In the south, sugar was...
Alrighty then, so there that is.
Very nice, in color too!
Wish i could help but i know nada about contemporary furniture, others should be along soon that are more familiar with this. Having said that,...
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