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Hardwood Record — Veneer & Panel Section 



February 10, 1921 



Madt in St. Louis by 



St.Louis Baskets Box Co. 



WE MA^4UFACTURE 



a complete line of 

 Built-up Stock in most 

 any size or thickness, 

 including Walnut, Ma- 

 hogany, Quartered 

 and Plain Oak, Ash, 

 Gum, Plain or Figured 

 Birch, Yellow Pine, 

 S y c a m ore, Cotton, 

 wood, etc. 



ESTABLISHED 



WRITE lor COMFLMTB PRICE LIST 



nified tone of the best suites. They appeal to persons 

 who would not buy an all-cedar chest because of its too 

 violent contrast wi;h other bedroom furnishings. The 

 chests have been on the market for about a year now^ and 

 a number of manufacturers are adding them to their line. 

 Being lined with cedar, they do not sacrifice the insect 

 repelling values of the cedar chest, to the more artistic 

 appearance of the walnut cover. 



The increasing popularity of these chests suggests the 

 possibility of the development of another large item of 

 demand for American ^val^ut lumber. If the premise of 

 popularity which these chests now offer is fulfilled it will 

 add tremendously to the volume of consumption of wal- 

 nut and other high class cabinet woods. 



The chest form was one of the earliest articles of fur- 

 niture developed and from it most of the furniture of 

 today was evolved. Chests were the precursors of such 

 present day furniture as "chest-of-drawers," buffets, bu- 

 reaus, "dressers," chiflioners. They are merely the an- 

 cient chests w^ith legs, or several chests on legs. In me- 

 dieval times the chest was used as a seat as well as a 

 container of v^earing apparel. 



Walnut Cedar-Lined Chests Are Becoming Popular 



One of the most interesting articles of furpi^uve rmon" 

 the exhibits r.t the January markets at Chicago and Grand 

 Rapids are walnut chests, cedar lined. These chests are 

 really handsome affairs, made up in period designs to 

 match bedroom suites, it is easy to understand what a 

 strong appeal they are making as an adjunct to the bed- 

 room suite, as they perfectly harmonize with the quiet dig- 



True Maliogany 



Five species of true mahogany are now recognized by 

 botanists. Swielenia mahagoni is confined to the West 

 Irdies and the tip of Florida. Along the northern coast 

 of South America is the Venezuelan mahogany, Swietenia 

 Candollei, a newly-described species. In Mexico and 

 Central America are three species. The Honduras ma- 

 hogany is Swietenia macrophylla. Opposite this on the 

 west coast is the small-leaved one, Swietenia humilis. 

 Overlapping this and extending northward through west 

 central Mexico is another species just described, Swietenia 

 cirrhata. The heaviest and hardest grades of wood are 

 produced by Swietenia mahagoni, the West Indian or 



Two Handsome Cedar-Lined Chests in Period Designs 



