Made before 2020 · Eye size 55 mm
Quartered ebony & bloodwood
Quartered ebony carries long black-and-tan bands across Biltmore. SIRIS identifies this wood as Macassar ebony (Diospyros celebica), native to Sulawesi—the same species used in Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann’s Fuseaux cabinet at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bloodwood (Brosimum rubescens), native from Panama to Brazil, supplies the red accents: its colour is natural heartwood, and its average dried density is about 1,050 kg/m³, greater than water. Two subtle bloodwood inlays cross the left eye rim; three vertical-grain inlays punctuate the left temple, while the opposite temple remains uninterrupted ebony.
CNC-milled cotton fiber and wood pulp composite substrate.