Ribbon Sapele Quartered veneer presents one of the most visually commanding grain patterns available in the world of architectural woodworking. This sample displays the species' hallmark interlocked grain, which — when quartersawn and sliced — produces the dramatic ribbon stripe effect clearly visible running vertically through the panel. The alternating bands shift between a warm, burnished copper-salmon and deeper reddish-mahogany tones, with lighter cream-gold highlights catching along the ri
Rosebud Veneer offers Ribbon Sapele Quartered Veneer Samples in Middletown, Kentucky. Contact us for details.
Uses: Veneer, plywood, furniture, cabinetry, flooring, boatbuilding, musical instruments, turned objects, and other small wooden specialty items.
Sources: Tropical Africa
Category: quartered
Meta Title: Ribbon Sapele Quartered Wood Veneer | Rosebud Veneer
Sheet Size: 4x7
Other Names: Ribbon Sapele Quartered
Workability: Sapele can be troublesome to work in some machining operations, (i.e., planing, routing, etc.), resulting in tearout due to its interlocked grain. It will also react when put into direct contact with iron, becoming discolored and stained. Sapele has a slight blunting effect on cutters, but it turns, glues, and finishes well.
Availability: Should be moderately priced for regular plainsawn or quartersawn lumber, though figured lumber and veneer can be extremely expensive, particularly pommele or quilted Sapele.
Special Note: Best-of-both-worlds cut. Structural stability of a quarter-cut ribbon with the exotic flair of pommele. Exceptionally easy to sequence for long corridors.
Grain Texture: Dark red with ribbon stripe figure and curl. Grain is interlocked, and sometimes wavy. Fine uniform texture and good natural luster.
Characteristics: Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age. Besides the common ribbon pattern seen on quartersawn boards, Sapele is also known for a wide variety of other figured grain patterns, such as: pommele, quilted, mottled, wavy, beeswing, and fiddleback.
Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
Price Description: Black and White Ebony, Pale Moon Ebony
Price Two Ply Wood Veneer: 4.75