Amora Dining Set

Oak Veneer

Authentic Mission style furniture is usually constructed from solid quarter sawn White Oak. White Oak is known as being "barrel tight" because of the fiber that grows within the grain of the tree that makes it strong enough to prevent leaking (for example) through a barrel. Other reliable solid oak includes Siberian oak and American Red Oak. The unique specks (a.k.a. "ray fleck") that make quarter sawn oak so valuable is the protein that runs perpendicular to the growth rings on a lumber log. This protein makes the wood more stable and it gives the finished product a distinctive aesthetic. The most productive craftsmen, the Amish, hand pick the lumber to go into quarter sawn parts. The left over oak that is not quarter sawn will likely be used for drawer sides or other parts that don't require quarter sawn oak