limewood

A dramatic piece will be a German limewood figure of St. John the Baptist circa 1515, carrying an estimate of £100,000-£150,000.

Renewed Interest in the Old Margaret Studer 2011

Long before realistic portrait painting developed in Europe in the Renaissance, Roman-Egyptian artists did striking likenesses in wax on limewood.

Egyptian Mummy Portraits James Gurney 2009

He got up suddenly, turned to his limewood writing-table and began searching for something on it.

The Possessed 2003

There were two tables of limewood; one by the sofa, and the other in the corner was covered with a table-cloth, laid with things over which a clean table-napkin had been thrown.

The Possessed 2003

In other regions wood sculptors normally used oak or walnut, and occasionally other hardwoods, but limewood sculpture is an unusual and rather special medium.

Masterwoodworks Zerner, Henri 1980

The wood is of a light brown color, and somewhat resembles limewood in grain.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various

Alongside skulls, bones and fruit he singles out careworn possessions, like a lone battered trainer or an acoustic guitar, and painstakingly chisels them in whole or in part in pale limewood.

The Guardian World News Skye Sherwin 2011

CONCERTO 389 FIOCCO struttura tiglio struttura tulipier frame limewood frame tulipier wood 009 I 029 I 000 I 009 I piano laminato bordo legno piano impiallacciato tanganica top table laminated top with wooden border top table tanganika veneered top 009 I 029 I 000 I 009

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Stops, keys and foot pedals use an ingenious system of rigid oak and limewood strips, called "trackers," connected at right angles to hand-forged iron joints.

post-gazette.com - News 2009

Stops, keys and foot pedals use an ingenious system of rigid oak and limewood strips, called "trackers," connected at right angles to hand-forged iron joints.

NYT > Home Page 2009