Originally posted by Bill Grumbine
Gentlemen

If I may politely contradict you, here are two quotes from Making Authentic Shaker Furniture by John G. Shea.

Sometimes an entire piece of furniture was made of one type of wood. But the Shakers were not reluctant to mix their woods - particularly if one wood was better adapted than another for making certain parts.
About the only decoration Shakers would tolerate was that inherent in beautiful wood graining...They seemed to have particular admiration for the grain patterns of birds-eye and curly maple...

Bill
Bill -

Interesting. I stand corrected. Don't recall seeing any deliberate use of "ornamental" wood.

Thanks,
Ted