{"id":584,"date":"2011-10-07T23:36:20","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradostyle.com\/?p=584"},"modified":"2011-10-07T23:36:20","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T23:36:20","slug":"about-crotch-veneer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/furniture-craftsmanship\/about-crotch-veneer\/","title":{"rendered":"About Crotch Veneer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2011\/10\/About-Crotch-Veneer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-585\" title=\"About Crotch Veneer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/103\/2011\/10\/About-Crotch-Veneer.jpg\" alt=\"About Crotch Veneer\" width=\"137\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>Crotch mahogany veneers originate from the area between two large branches of a tree (also known as a crotch) where different forces of nature are at work throughout a tree\u2019s life. These forces push and pull the fibres of the wood, creating an exquisite surface grain. Even after the wood has been sliced and veneered, these forces are still at work. Over time, the grain may have a natural tendency to raise slightly and hairline cracks will appear. Again, these fine lines \u00a0are indicative of an heirloom piece.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crotch mahogany veneers originate from the area between two large branches of a tree (also known as a crotch) where different forces of nature are at work throughout a tree\u2019s life. These forces push and pull the fibres of the wood, creating an exquisite surface grain. Even after the wood has been sliced and veneered, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":298,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,35,40],"tags":[59,515],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-furniture-craftsmanship","category-furniture-care","category-styles-and-history-of-furniture","tag-antique","tag-veneer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/298"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coloradostyle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}