Wood library / Korean woods
Chestnut Wood
Chestnut Wood
A Korean hardwood with warm golden-brown colour and natural grain. Used for broad boards and everyday wooden objects.
WOODWAY MAGAZINERich in tannins and resistant to decay, chestnut was traditionally used for posts, railway sleepers and ritual vessels.
Light golden-brown boards with undulating natural outlines.
- Scientific name
- Castanea crenata
- Origin
- Korea
- Colour
- Golden-brown
- Characteristics
- Warm golden-brown · Natural grain · Korean-grown wood
- Suggested uses
- Boards · Furniture · Small objects · Carving
Colour, figure, knots and cracks vary even within the same species. Check photographs, condition and usable dimensions of the actual piece before ordering.
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