Extra Large Jewelry Boxes in the Exotic Bird’s Eye Maple

If you have an expensive and extensive collection of precious trinkets and jewelry, Extra large jewelry boxes are just right for you. Considering the monetary and aesthetic value of the contents of the box, you may want to go in for a box that is also made of expensive and rare wood, and adorned with intricate handcrafts like marquetry, and other embellishments.

Several different kinds of wood are using in making jewelry boxes. You will be able to get a fairly good and pricey looking box made with rubber wood or some other locally available wood but with exquisite marquetry work done on it using rare burlwood and veneers. Bird’s Eye Maple is a very rare and expensive wood that is frequently used in marquetry and adds charm to the rather dull exterior.

The Bird’s Eye Maple is not a separate wood in its own right but rather an aberrant but natural phenomenon of the Hard Sugar Maple (Acer suchrum). The patterns are visually appealing as they remind you of swirling birds’ eyes. It could easily be mistaken for a burl if it wasn’t for the absence of the knots that are common in burlwood.

It grows in the North American North East and its distinctive feature, the swirling bird’s eyes, are placed about a centimeter apart with a diameter of about 3 to 5 mm. It is mostly light in color and has a very porous texture. The Bird’s Eye Maple veneer is extremely delicate and has a gloss finish that makes it very attractive for making jewelry boxes.

Bird’s Eye Maple is not easy to work with because of its divergent patterns making it difficult to cut and carve freely. The newer user friendly machines practically saved it from disappearing completely from the scene; so it can be said that it was only the major advances in technology that saved the Bird’s Eye Maple. It is said that there was a time when, out of sheer frustration, carpenters consigned the Bird’s Eye Maple to the flames as firewood as they just could not tame it with their tools!Now, exquisite marquetry is done using this amazingly attractive wood to give the wooden jewelry box an edge over the rest.

It looks really elegant and gives the box an air of unparalleled sophistication. So choosing a wooden box with intricate marquetry work with Birds Eye Maple done on it would be the best thing you could do for your precious jewelry. It just might turn out to be more attractive than your jewelry!

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