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Sohn casserole
The wood lid is stunning. Rosewood? Teak?
Clyde, perhaps you can help
Clyde, perhaps you can help me identify the wood.
Wood?
Speaking of wood, I love the furniture and rattan blinds! Are the couch and table Heywood Wakefield? Now I can see why you are looking for bar stools, Mike!
Yes, that's
Yes, that's Heywood-Wakefield's Ashcraft line. HW used ash wood to simulate bamboo during WWII, when many imported materials such as bamboo were hard or impossible to obtain. Turns out the ash wood is much stronger and durable than bamboo. We've passed up bamboo barstools and will wait until we can find the HW Ashcraft ones. The roman shades are bamboo.
Wood Lid
A few questions. Can you tell if the wood was stained or is this the natural color? Does the wood have a scent? If so, is there a hint of floral to it?
I'm no expert but if this is the natural color and there is a slight floral scent to it, I'd say it's likely Rosewood. The grain doesn't look right for Teak. Another possibility is Walnut.
There's no scent that I can
There's no scent that I can detect. It's heavy. I can't tell if it is stained or not. I think we know that Sohn used Walnut and Teak. I don't know about Rosewood.
a case for walnut
The fine but open grain and color of the wood seems consistent with Walnut to me. Black Walnut doesn't warp or shrink so that would make it a good choice for a casserole lid that would be exposed to moisture. It's also a relatively heavy wood.