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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;808 raver, post: 1064368, member: 4654&quot;]&quot;<b><b>I wonder why they used veneer when ivory was precious, but not so scarce? Veneer is normally used to conserve or stretch out materials in short supply&quot; I used to think why would a maker use a veneer of burl walnut on my first class davernport desk when he could have easily made, and sold it in solid burl walnut for not that much more, it turns out this wasn&#039;t to save money on burl walnut but because of the instability of the burl walnut, so it was painstakingly cut into veneers by hand and laid onto a more stable mahogany. I also have a few ivory boxes, one is solid ivory and the others are veneers, the veneered boxes are higher quality. Perhaps these days we see construction in a different light, solid being better. Some materials such as tortoise shell, burl walnut </b>and ivory ect do not stand the test of time without being veneered. I don&#039;t think in deeply carved ivory there&#039;s much point in backing it in wood but it would certainly help with the splitting along the grain. </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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