Sapele, quarter cut: a medium to dark red-brown with a pronounced interlocked ribbon stripe that flips from light to dark as the sheet is turned.
Botanical name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
The ribbon is the tell: the figure shifts as the angle of the light changes. A rich, warm timber and a classic mahogany look. Grown in West and Central Africa.
Also held as edging. Leaves are generally available from 2500 to 3600 mm long. 3600 mm is always in short supply and needs its availability checked before it is specified. Natural timber, so it never repeats and colour and figure vary log to log: match a continuing job to the original order rather than to this page.
Sapele, quarter cut: a medium to dark red-brown with a pronounced interlocked ribbon stripe that flips from light to dark as the sheet is turned.
Botanical name: Entandrophragma cylindricum
The ribbon is the tell: the figure shifts as the angle of the light changes. A rich, warm timber and a classic mahogany look. Grown in West and Central Africa.
Also held as edging. Leaves are generally available from 2500 to 3600 mm long. 3600 mm is always in short supply and needs its availability checked before it is specified. Natural timber, so it never repeats and colour and figure vary log to log: match a continuing job to the original order rather than to this page.
