Illustrated FURNITURE Glossary

Laminated wood

Made of thin layers of wood glued together with a grain of each layer at right angles to that above and below.

Used especially on Belter furniture.

(Plywood is laminated.)

Examples:

• Thonet bentwood side chair - Musée d'Orsay
  
  
• Thonet bentwood furniture - Musée d'Orsay
  
  
• John Henry Belter furniture