Hi All-
I would love any insight you have into the definition of ‘lati’ veneer. It is specified by an architect my firm is working with, but they don’t have a sample. From what I can tell, it is defined in one of two (or three) ways:
1. White wenge (or coffee-stained white wenge). This appears to be the more common definition with regard to furniture, etc.
2. Lati as it’s own specie (amphimas pterocarpoides) and wenge as it’s own specie (millettia laurentii).
Is this just the idiocracy of words? Although I am sure you have your own resources, I have provided a link to a site (one of several) that seems to say that these species are unrelated. Perhaps they are misinformed…that’s why I am asking you. My small-town millworker and his small-town supplier are unfamiliar with this wood. Any advice? Link follows:
http://www.thewoodexplorer.com/maindata/we89.html
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Dear Liza,
Sorry for the incredibly long delay in responding to you. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to find much more information than you already had.
It’s apparently included in Lincoln's "World Woods” and the reference as white wenge has nothing to do with species, it's probably just a way to describe it.
I got this information from David Welter from College of the Redwoods. He was at the recent Furniture Society meeting and someone (S&G Fine Woods) was there who sells this type of wood, in Cameroon, they call it adzi. (S&G Fine Woods, 914.740.3666, [email protected])
I also found a reference through google books:
http://books.google.com/books?id=B60n6Y6A2k0C&pg=PA45&lpg=PA45&dq=lati+wood&source=web&ots=JF_wFxpNzW&sig=NnbZVcK5Mg4TWzWWR3GTguoRKBw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA45,M1
Anyway, sorry again for the delay in responding and good luck with your firm’s project.
Gina
FineWoodworking.com
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