-
violin and
guitar fingerboards and
piano keys...
decorative veneering."
Pearwood is the
favored wood for architect's
rulers because it does not warp. It...
- in the
family Sapotaceae.
Baillonella toxi**** (also
called African pearwood,
djave nut, or moabi) is only
species in the genus. It is
found in Angola...
- the end of The
Light Fantastic and
Twoflower gave
Rincewind his sapient-
pearwood Luggage. Rincewind's
adventures continued, and he was
chased across various...
-
Louis XVI
style commode of
Madame du Barry; 1772; oak frame,
veneer of
pearwood,
rosewood and kingwood, soft-paste Sèvres porcelain,
gilded bronze, white...
-
Publicis Sapient, a
digital consulting firm
Sapiens (disambiguation)
Sapient pearwood, a
magical plant in
Terry Pratchett's
Discworld universe; see The Luggage...
- make
recorders maplewood (Acer pseudoplat****,
specific gravity 0.63)
pearwood (Pyrus communis,
specific gravity 0.65),
plumwood (Prunus domestica, specific...
- du Barry; by
Martin Carlin (attribution); 1772; oak base
veneered with
pearwood,
rosewood and amaranth, soft-paste Sèvres porcelain,
bronze gilt, white...
- recovered.
Religious paintings St
Jerome in the Wilderness, c. 1496, oil on
pearwood, 23.1 × 17.4 cm,
National Gallery,
London (NG6563)
Christ Among the Doctors...
- with a
lignum vitae sole,
likely not
actual Guaia**** but Bulnesia, and a
pearwood body
Example of the
original construction 53 lb/yd (26 kg/m)
inverted "U"...
- instrument.
Often pegs were made from
suitable fruitwoods such as
European pearwood, or
equally dimensionally stable analogues. Matheson, c. 1720, said, "If...
