Pommele gets its name from the French word for "apple." The figure resembes small round or oval circles that can overlap each other. Sometimes a log that has larger and more sparcily occuring "apples" can be referred to as blistered.
Derived from the French word "Pommelé" (Pomme = Apple), a description of a veneer pattern showing small blister figures in mahagony and sapele.
A dense pattern of small rings enveloping one another. Often described as looking like "suede" or "fur." Most commonly available as Sapele.
Comes from the French word "Pommelé" (Pomme = Apple). The term given to a regular veneer marking which resembles apples.
This is a French word translated as “dappled” or “mottled”. As commonly applied to the appearance of certain veneers, it is then somewhat of a misnomer in pure translation because it actually denotes a large “blister” or “quilt” figure usually in West African redwoods such as Khaya, Makore, Sapeli and Bubinga. (example)
A wood term used in conjunction with wood names; the term means figure, which is the pattern produced in a wood surface by annual growth rings, rays, knots, deviations from natural grain such as interlocked and wavy grain, and irregular coloration.
