The Beautiful English Brown Oak: Ideal for Embellishing Jewelry Boxes Large Enough for All Your Jewelry

Jewelry boxes large enough to safely organize and store jewelry are not hard to find. But when you consider the size of the jewelry box, it would be best to get one that has some exquisite embellishment on it that will attract attention away from the bulky appearance of the box.

Safe and organized storage of jewelry is quite challenging for women. Most women keep their jewelry in its original box, which means that soon enough a woman will have a zillion boxes and pouches holding all her trinkets. And she would be constantly hunting for the right pair of earrings or necklaces to go with her outfit.

Any woman who loves collecting jewelry would welcome a beautifully handcrafted large jewelry box. It not only serves as a safe receptacle for the jewelry, it also acts as a showpiece and enhances the decor of the room. However, a box completely made of an exotic or rare wood can be very expensive.

You can, instead, go in for a beautiful jewelry box that is made out of locally available white mahogany embellished with some artwork like marquetry. Marquetry uses several different matched pieces of veneer and burls of rare and exotic imported wood like the absolutely classy English Brown Oak.

The English Brown Oak belonging to the Fagaceae family (Quercus robur, Quercus petraea) is an intriguing example of exotic wood. It is not a tree in itself but an English Oak that has fallen victim to a fungus. This fungus, called the beef steak fungus, interestingly does not harm the tree but causes the heartwood to take on a rich honey brown color that just cannot be reproduced with stains. The fungus dies only after the tree is cut down, milled, and left to dry.

This wood has several names: Pollardok, White Oak, French Oak, Brown Oak, Polard Oak, Yugoslavian Oak, European Oak, German Spessart Oak, and the English Oak. The density of this wood is approximately 42 to 45 lbs per cubic foot. The German Oak has about 30 more growth rings than the English Brown Oaks from other places like Canada, France, Poland, Great Britain, and Yugoslavia.

It has a high resistance to rot caused by a wet environment and its high level of tannic acid content can corrode metals. The color could vary from a light biscuit colored tan to a very deep rich brown depending on its country of origin. It has very beautiful silvery grains that make this wood very attractive for making jewelry boxes or in marquetry. It is an expensive wood although the price varies based on its place of origin and its age.

Experts in marquetry, called ‘marquetarians’, enjoy working with the English Brown Oak as it definitely adds charm to their art and gives it a very classy look. It definitely looks awesome on the lids of jewelry boxes and can transform a dull box into a sophisticated piece of art!

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