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  • The wood ring frame is made of quartered sapele, which has been oiled twice for a high quality, matte finish.

    Otto Sofa 2009

  • "Curve XXVI" and "Curve XXVII" (both 1982, and topping out well above the official height of a basketball rim), are slabs of red oak, while the slightly shorter "Curve XLII" and "Curve XLIII" (both 1984) have been fashioned, respectively, from zebrawood and African sapele.

    Beautiful, Quiet and Spare Peter Plagens 2011

  • The Skinny Table: This 4ft long sapele piece stands on two regular legs at one end, while the other's supported by a thick bark-covered branch, proving Michelle really can be Everywhere.

    Thrillist: Stefan Rurak Woodworking: Sit On This Thrillist 2011

  • The Stary Kon End Table: Made from an unfinished oak beam, this 27'' high, rectangular joint's peppered with irregularly placed, piston-like, cylindrical drawers of white oak, sapele, and walnut, providing your goods with ample shell-ter.

    Thrillist: Stefan Rurak Woodworking: Sit On This Thrillist 2011

  • Stained sapele [for the exterior trim] costs twice what painted pine costs, but she chose it for its longevity and ease of care.

    A riverfront retreat, built with the long view Nancy McKeon 2010

  • He climbed the nearby sapele tree and waved the thin wire around in the air.

    In the Shadow of Freedom Tchicaya Missamou 2010

  • Call me persnickety, but to my queer eye the “real sapele pommele wood” on the dash and steering wheel looked about as authentic as the “real tortoiseshell” frames of the last pair of sunglasses I bought in Chinatown.

    Behind the Wheel: Cadillac CTS : Brett Berk Berk, Brett 2008

  • But right in front of it is an ad for Bugler's craftsmanship in the form of a building: a box wrapped in colourfully corroded steel, with windows milled from sapele wood.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ALEX BOZIKOVIC 2011

  • He carved away the back facade - and much of the front as well, making a striking composition of broad windowpanes in sapele wood frames.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed ALEX BOZIKOVIC 2011

  • OPTIONS: Premium package (includes sapele wood trim, rearview camera, aluminum wheels, keyless access and remote start, navigation system, Bluetooth wireless connectivity) $5,655; summer tire performance package (includes 19-inch tires and wheels, sport suspension, adaptive high intensity discharge headlights) $2,090.

    WTVM - 1- WTVM Home 2010

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