THE DUKE OF BURL

摘要

Mappa burl, from the European poplar trees (Populus nigra to be exact), has grown more and more popular as a dashboard veneer, according to Ben Clift, an owner of Renaissance Specialty Veneer Products (RSVP) in Columbus, IN. "Mappa burl is used in factory and after-market dashboards in both high-end and low-end applications," says Clift. "Mappa has always been used in furniture and architectural applications. The burl character is unique in the fact that it is more like an ingrown bark than the true burl you see in maple, madrona, walnut, Carpathian elm and other burls. Although it is a European species, it has been grown in the West Coast of the United States by some early Italian immigrants."