plywood started being used in furniture in the 1850s.
when did plywood start being used in furniture?
the 1850s
howard hughes' h-4 hercules was constructed of plywood. the plane was built by the hughes aircraft company employing a plywood-and-resin duramold process. the specialized wood veneer was made by roddis manufacturing in marshfield, wisconsin.









































section::::types of plywood.:decorative plywood (overlaid plywood).









































usually faced with hardwood, including ash, oak, red oak, birch, maple, mahogany, philippine mahogany (often called lauan, luan or meranti and having no relation to true mahogany), rosewood, teak and a large number of other hardwoods.









































section::::types of plywood.:flexible plywood.









































flexible plywood is designed for making curved parts, a practice which dates back to the 1850s in furniture making.
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plywood is also used as an engineering material for stressed-skin applications. it has been used for marine and aviation applications since wwii. most notable is the british de havilland mosquito bomber, with a fuselage made of birch plywood sandwiching a balsa core, and using plywood extensively for the wings. plywood was also used for the hulls in the hard-chine motor torpedo boats (mtb) and motor gun boats (mgb) built by the british power boat company and vosper's. plywood is currently successfully used in stressed-skin applications. the american designers charles and ray eames are known for their plywood-based furniture, as is finnish architect alvar aalto and his firm artek, while phil bolger has designed a wide range of boats built primarily of plywood. jack köper of cape town designed the plywood dabchick sailing dinghy, which is still sailed by large numbers of teenagers.
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