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| Home Painting Skills and Basics Paperhanging Home Decorating Interior Decorating Wood Identification |
AningeriaAningeria came into use only in the late 1960s. This African wood was first introduced as Tanzanian  walnut, misleadingly, since it is neither a walnut nor did it come from Tanzania, though it occurs there. Commercial shipments are mainly from the Ivory Coast, where it is known as anegre.Aningeria is a blond wood with a slightly pinkish tint, and about the same weight as African mahogany. It is somewhat plain, but lustrous and fine and even in texture. It is usually straight-grained, but occasionally a wavy grain gives it a mottle figure. The siliceous content of aningeria, though very small, is enough to make it abrasive to cutting tools. Other, more amenable, timbers were available for sawn production, so aningeria attracted little interest until a demand arose for a plain, fine-textured veneer. Aningeria was then found to slice well and its even texture meant that veneer as thin as 0.6mm could be produced and handled without difficulty. Seen almost entirely in the form of veneer, aningeria has an attractive, if plain, appearance. However, its fine, uniform texture provides a particularly suitable base on which to print finishes that simulate highly decorative, and more expensive, woods. For this purpose it is superior to paper, since its true wood grain shows through. As printed veneer it is used for furniture and panel surfaces, and it may well become popular for these same uses in its natural colour.b Extract from 'The International book of WOOD' curtesy Michael Beazley Publishers Limited 1979. |
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