walnut/maple/oak etc veneer• The label is in fact not paper, but a maple veneer - a classytouch.• The saloons had perforatedplywood benches like the Milnes cars, maple veneerceilings with lighting along the sides only.• In the old days before the First World War, Papa had traded in the walnut veneer business.• The oak veneer top was so warped it resembled the surface of the sea in a moderatechop.
Originveneer
(1700-1800)Germanfurnier, from furnieren“to veneer”, from Frenchfournir; → FURNISH