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Walnut

Old English walh-hnutu, literally: foreign nut; compare Old French noux gauge walnut, probably translation of Vulgar Latin phrase nux gallica (unattested) Gaulish (hence, foreign) nut. Wood of various trees belonging to the genus Juglans, varying in colour from greyish brown to purplish brown. The wood is hard, homogeneous, reddish-brown, grained, capable of beautiful polishing and highly prized in joinery, veneer, stocks and rifle cases. Its thick roots have traditionally been used in marquetry. It is one of the most widely used woods in Europe and in the Iberian Peninsula, in Castile, Aragon and Catalonia, for quality furniture, due to its durability and beautiful polish Walnut veneers appear already at the end of the 16th century. Traditional English scholarship refers to the period between 1660 and 1700 as the 'Walnut Age'. In Spain it has been one of the preferred supports for sculptural carving. In painting it has been imitated in which case we speak of "walnut colour".

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