modern veneer core plywood came into use in furniture in 1850s.
when did modern veneer core plywood come into use in furniture?
1850s
the most commonly used thickness range is from . the sizes of the most commonly used plywood sheets are 4 x 8 feet (1220 x 2440 mm) which was first used by the portland manufacturing company, who developed what we know of as modern veneer core plywood for the 1905 portland world fair. a common metric size for a sheet of plywood is 1200 x 2400 mm. is also a common european size for baltic birch ply, and aircraft ply.
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bullet::::- cabinet frames and doors may be fashioned from solid wood (typically a species of hardwood), medium density fiberboard (mdf), particle board, plywood, or a combination, and may include lamination or a surface coating over these core materials. a floating panel in a door can be hardwood-veneer plywood captured within a solid wood or mdf frame. solid wood and mdf can be edge-shaped, e.g., to round or pattern the edges of doors, drawer fronts, or face frames. particle board, once manufactured, cannot be edge-shaped suitably. plywood cannot be shaped without revealing its veneer core, often considered unsightly, though edge-shaped furniture-grade plywood with thin plies [ca. ] is considered attractive for limited uses. mdf, once shaped, can be coated conformally with flexible veneers such as thermofoil or can be painted. it can also be covered with wood veneer or high-pressure laminate but only if the edge profile is square or approximately so (to within the veneer thickness). today many cabinet doors and drawer fronts utilize an mdf core. doors and drawer fronts may also be fashioned of particle board surfaced with high-pressure laminate. natural wood offers its subtle combination of color, grain, pore pattern, variable absorption and smoothness of finish, and variation with viewing angle and lighting condition. the appearance of natural wood can only be achieved with solid wood components (wherever edges are shaped) or possibly veneer (where they are not); as already pointed out, the two approaches can be combined in a single cabinet. various transparent grain-revealing finishes including shellac, lacquer, varnish, or polyurethane have been devised. a built-up finish may optionally utilize diverse pigments, dyes, bleaches, glazes, or wood fillers that may highlight contrasting colorants. finishes can be applied by brush or spray and may comprise many separately applied layers. accordingly, finishes formulated by differing manufacturers do not, in general, exactly match. distressing the wood cabinets is another finish application and is often done in conjunction with glazes, stains, paints or dyes. this process consists of adding manufactured imperfections to cabinet doors to give the wood cabinets an aged, distressed, old-world rustic appearance. common techniques include creating wormholes, rasping, dings and dents and sanding through the wood and layers of finish unevenly.
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