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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 353596, member: 2844&quot;]A very beautiful cabinet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Totally agree.</p><p>Tortoiseshell veneer furniture was always made with real tortoiseshell, to my knowledge. </p><p>You can tell it is tortoiseshell from the layering of the spots, some are clearly in the top layer, others are in a lower layer and are faintly seen through the top one. Unlike stained horn or celluloid, where the fainter spots are part of the surface, just like the dark ones. </p><p>When tortoiseshell is chipped, you can also see that layering.</p><p>The wood is ebonized, blackened to make it look like precious ebony, but you probably already knew that.</p><p><br /></p><p>Debates also help to get the thinking process going. And they contain information for others who read the thread to research their own furniture.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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