Quilt maple

Quilt or quilted maple refers to a type of figure in maple wood. It is seen on the tangential plane (flat-sawn) and looks like a wavy "quilted" pattern, often similar to ripples on water. The highest quality quilted figure is found in the Western Big Leaf species of maple.[1] It is a distortion of the grain pattern itself. Prized for its beauty, it is used frequently in the manufacturing of musical instruments, especially guitars.

example of high figure quilt maple wood
Quilted maple back & side
on Gibson Dove 1 of 20

See also

Flame maple Chatoyancy

References
  1. "QUILTED MAPLE - Commercial Forest Products 8/4 Quilt Maple- 2021". 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.

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