Name: Lot #547. Curly Maple and Padauk Premium Chessboard
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Description

Curly Maple and Padauk Premium Chessboard.

A Curly Maple and Padauk Premium Chessboard with raised 2-1/4″ squares and a solid frame of Padauk with an Ebony Delimiter and Hard Maple inlays and corners. The chessboard measures 24-3/4″ square. This heirloom quality Signature Contemporary Chessboard, with its unique raised playing field, was designed and crafted by Bill Lisica. The chessboard is in like-new condition and is accompanied by its original certificate of authenticity and a custom-made protective brown soft cotton slip-case. The back of the chess board is marked with its unique serial number, 10938. Our complete line of Antique, Custom and Luxury chessboards can be found here. This premium chessboard, which is part of the Camaratta Signature Chessboard Series.

Padauk has a very unique reddish-orange coloration, and the wood is sometimes referred to by the name Vermillion and African Padauk. Its scientific name is Pterocarpus soyauxii. It’s a popular hardwood among hobbyist woodworkers because of its unique color. Padauk is moderately heavy, strong, and stiff, with exceptional stability. It’s a popular hardwood among hobbyist woodworkers because of its unique color and low cost.

Curly Maple is not technically a distinct species of Maple, but rather, it’s a figure that’s occasionally found in Acer saccharum (Sugar Maple) trees. Curly Maple, also known as Flamed Maple, Ripple Maple, Fiddleback stripe, is a feature of Maple in which the growth of the wood fibers is distorted in an undulating chatoyant pattern, producing wavy lines known as “flames”. The figure is reportedly caused by unfavorable growing conditions for the tree.

Additional information

Weight	20 lbs
Dimensions	31 × 31 × 9 in