This section is from the book "Your Home And Its Decoration", by The Sherwin-Williams Company. See also: Nell Hill's Feather Your Nest: It's All in the Details.
American sycamores are frequently very large. The lumber is fine cross-grained, is reddish-yellow in color, rather difficult to work, but, nevertheless, valuable for cabinet work and small articles. Sycamore is used for interior work and may be Handcraft stained or finished natural. The California sycamore is more largely used for these purposes. Being close grained, it does not require filling. (Specifications 9, 11, 15.)
Plate CXXXII. Sycamore.
 
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