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Lacewood

Many different woods are called lacewood including Australian Lacewood, Fishtail Oak, Silky Oak, European Plane and Sycamore.

Australian lacewood (Cardwellia sublimis), shown in the image above, is an orange brown colored wood and when quartered has a distinct fish scale-like pattern.

European plane (Platanus hybrida) when quartered, has a pinkish to orange brown color with fish scale-like patterns and rays.

See Also
Sycamore

NWFW does not sell wood; only items made from wood. Please see our links page for wood retailers. If you would like detailed information on specific woods used in any of our items, please contact us.

Northwest Fine Woodworking encourages the use of woods from sustainable yield resources.

For more information on wood types, we recommend the World Woods in Color by William Lincoln and other books on our recommended reading page.