TIMBER IDENTIFICATION

[johnwc812]

Hi timber experts
Purchased a Tunbridge ware box, (late Victorian) needs a bit of TLC.
The main exterior veneer is rosewood.
Can anybody come up with suggestions for the interior veneer.
The colour in the photos is a reasonable representation.
There are patches of very fine flecks.
The brown streaks/grain are quite fine.
There is a tiny patch of sapwood (top left).
The timber appears quite dense and has taken a good polish.

Thanks for any ideas John

 

[BRYAN]

Walnut?

 

[Mr T]

I was thinking walnut.

 

[CHJ]

By the look of the little section of sapwood visible in the top left corner by the hinge in image 002 I suspect one of the Pau Rosa (redwood) Brigade.

The bits underneath and behind are all Walnut.

 

[dickm]

Can't give any more suggestions on the species, but that is one luvverly box!