Crown Archive Collection · Unique frame · Made before 2020
- Eye size
- 53 mm
East Indian rosewood parquetry
East Indian rosewood (Dalbergia latifolia) grows naturally from the Indian subcontinent to Myanmar, and in the Andaman Islands and Java. It is also an instrument maker’s wood: Martin uses it for the back and sides of the D-28 acoustic guitar. Here, pieces of the same rosewood turn their striped grain in different directions to create geometric parquetry—a craft with a long history in decorative cabinetmaking.
East Indian rosewood over a cotton fiber and wood pulp composite substrate.