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<p>[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 40849, member: 37"]Does look like rattan to me. While probably not by a known designer/maker, it is more interesting than a lot of what I see. Rattan and bamboo are really very different. Bamboo is a grass and hollow inside. Rattan is, technically, a type of palm. </p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>"Most rattans differ from other palms in having slender stems, 2–5 cm diameter, with long <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem" rel="nofollow">internodes</a> between the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf" rel="nofollow">leaves</a>; also, they are not <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree" rel="nofollow">trees</a> but are <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine" rel="nofollow">vine</a>-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation. Rattans are also superficially similar to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo" rel="nofollow">bamboo</a>. Unlike bamboo, rattan stems ("malacca") are solid, and most species need structural support and cannot stand on their own. However, some genera (e.g. Metroxylon, Pigafetta, Raphia) are more like typical palms, with stouter, erect trunks. Many rattans have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles" rel="nofollow">spines</a> which act as hooks to aid climbing over other plants, and to deter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivore" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivore" rel="nofollow">herbivores</a>. Rattans have been known to grow up to hundreds of metres long. Most (70%) of the world's rattan population exist in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia" rel="nofollow">Indonesia</a>, distributed among <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo" rel="nofollow">Borneo</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi" rel="nofollow">Sulawesi</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa" rel="nofollow">Sumbawa</a> islands. The rest of the world's supply comes from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines" rel="nofollow">Philippines</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka" rel="nofollow">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia" rel="nofollow">Malaysia</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh" rel="nofollow">Bangladesh</a>"</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattan" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattan</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="verybrad, post: 40849, member: 37"]Does look like rattan to me. While probably not by a known designer/maker, it is more interesting than a lot of what I see. Rattan and bamboo are really very different. Bamboo is a grass and hollow inside. Rattan is, technically, a type of palm. [I] "Most rattans differ from other palms in having slender stems, 2–5 cm diameter, with long [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem']internodes[/URL] between the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf']leaves[/URL]; also, they are not [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree']trees[/URL] but are [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vine']vine[/URL]-like, scrambling through and over other vegetation. Rattans are also superficially similar to [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo']bamboo[/URL]. Unlike bamboo, rattan stems ("malacca") are solid, and most species need structural support and cannot stand on their own. However, some genera (e.g. Metroxylon, Pigafetta, Raphia) are more like typical palms, with stouter, erect trunks. Many rattans have [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorns,_spines,_and_prickles']spines[/URL] which act as hooks to aid climbing over other plants, and to deter [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbivore']herbivores[/URL]. Rattans have been known to grow up to hundreds of metres long. Most (70%) of the world's rattan population exist in [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia']Indonesia[/URL], distributed among [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo']Borneo[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulawesi']Sulawesi[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumbawa']Sumbawa[/URL] islands. The rest of the world's supply comes from the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines']Philippines[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka']Sri Lanka[/URL], [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia']Malaysia[/URL] and [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh']Bangladesh[/URL]" [/I] [URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattan[/URL][/QUOTE]
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