ALMOND

Almond wood is reddish. The timber is highly prized for high-grade cabinetwork,,

APPLE  WOOD

Apple wood (Malus sylvestris, Malus pumila) ranges in color from yellow to pink to orange. It usually has an irregular grain, which gives it a very interesting patterns for furniture, as inlays and for marquetry designs.

ASH

Ash, Fraxinus spp., is a harwood, average to somewhat difficult to carve. Ash may require a filler, before finishing, depending on the intended result.
density 0.54 - 0.66

BIRCH

Birch wood is fine-grained and pale in colour. The wood of yellow birch is heavy, hard and strong with good crushing strength and shock resistance.
density 0.67

BOXWOOD

A whitish-yellow color, without any figure. Used mainly as an inlay or for stringing lines from the sixteenth century.

CHERRY

The heartwood of cherry varies from rich red to reddish brown and will darken with age and on exposure to light. In contrast, the sapwood is creamy white. The wood has a fine uniform, straight grain, satiny, smooth texture, and may naturally contain brown pith flecks and small gum pockets.
family Rosaceae, genus Prunus,
Density 600 kg/m3, moderately hard, stiff and strong, fine, closed grain

EBONY

Ebony is very strong, hard, and dense with irregular grain and fine texture. There is a huge variation in this wood as to how much light color there is.

ELM

Elm, Ulmus Rubra,  is moderately heavy, hard and stiff with excellent bending and shock resistance.  
density 0.68 - 0.81

HOLLY

White wood type, fine-grained and nearly devoid of figureused, used for inlay and marquetry work from sixteenth century

KINGWOOD

Kingwood: Brazilian wood of a rich violet-brown shading into black and showing distinct streaky markings. The name "kingwood" derives from the fact that a couple of hundred years ago, this was the favored wood of French kings for their furniture.

LIME

White wood type, fine-grained and nearly devoid of figureused, used for inlay and marquetry work from sixteenth century

MAPLE

Some maple wood has a highly decorative wood grain, creamy white to off white sapwood-tinged occasionally with slight red brown heartwood
Density 600 kg/m3, heavy and strong, very resistant to shock and abrasive wear
Grain: closed grain, uniform texture.

MAHONY

Mahony wood has a fine grain with interlocking parallel runs at times (ribbon) the color is
 blood red to reddish brown, sometimes lighter in color with pale red to grayish tinge .

OAK

Oak(Quercus) wood has a density of about 750 kg/m³, great strength and hardness, and is very resistant to insect and fungal attack because of its high tannin content. It also has very attractive grain markings.

PEAR

Yellowish-brown wood type. Used for country furniture and for carving

PINE

Yellowish wood type. Used for cheaper furniture, doors, and building

ROSEWOOD

Rosewood is used in solid and veneer form for very high quality furniture and cabinetmaking because of it's attractiveness.

SATINWOOD

Satinwood can be polished to a high gloss. Satinwood is hard, fine-grained and durable with a satinlike sheen, much used in cabinetmaking, especially in marquetry.

SYCAMORE

White with fleck. Used from the late seventeenth century as a veneer. Often found on sides or banding of marquetry furniture of the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. There are two woods that are commonly called sycamore: 1. Platanus occidentalis i has rays. It is what we mean in the USA when we say "sycamore" 2. Acer pseudoplatanus It does NOT have the ray flakes associated with American sycamore.

TULIPWOOD

Tulipwood is the yellowish greenish wood yielded from the tuliptree
The wood is very light, but very strong. It is often used as a low-cost alternative to walnut and cherry.
Most commonly, Tulipwood is the yellowish greenish wood yielded from the tuliptree.
Brazilian tulipwood is a different species. A classic high-quality wood, it is very dense with a lovely figure. It is used for inlays in furniture and for small turned items.

WALNUT

Walnut (genus Juglans)is tough, medium dense, tight-grained and polishes to a very smooth finish. The colour ranges from creamy white in the sapwood to a dark chocolate colour in the heartwood. Because of its colour and grain it is a prized furniture and carving wood.

WILLOW

White wood type, fine-grained and nearly devoid of figureused, used for inlay and marquetry work from sixteenth century

ZEBRAWOOD

Zebrawood is a yellow brown heartwood, light sapwood with a dark contrasting grain which gives this wood its Zebra-like appearance. Easy to work with both hand and machine tools, can be sanded pretty easily. The color does not darken over time.