. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . daptable touse on oak. They are not affected by the wood acids, and by thor-ough penetration accentuate the beauty of the grain. CHESTNUT Chestnut is an open-grain wood, the pores ofwhich require filling for varnish and rubbedeffects. Plate CXVH illustrates its rather coarse,although attractive, grain. Being less expensive,it frequently displaces oak for interior is found in the temperate regions of Europe,Northern Africa, Eastern North America. The
. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . daptable touse on oak. They are not affected by the wood acids, and by thor-ough penetration accentuate the beauty of the grain. CHESTNUT Chestnut is an open-grain wood, the pores ofwhich require filling for varnish and rubbedeffects. Plate CXVH illustrates its rather coarse,although attractive, grain. Being less expensive,it frequently displaces oak for interior is found in the temperate regions of Europe,Northern Africa, Eastern North America. TheNorthern American wood is better and, althougheasily worked, is extremely durable. The west-ern species of chestnut is called the Californiachinquapin. It is a light, soft, reddish woodand is sometimes called evergreen chestnut. Chestnut can be treated practically the same asoak, although it is more frequently stained andfinished natural. Handcraft silver gray (a silverygray with bluish cast) or brown oak are partic-ularly suitable for use on this wood. The rubbed,Plate cxvii. Chestnut missiou, waxcd, and natural finishes can be. [ 130 ] WOODJfORK AND ITS TREATMENT
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