Calamander or coromandel is a dense slow growing hard wood, rich hazel brown and yellow in colour with black stripes. It has often been likened to zebra wood. An exotic wood, Calamander is native to India and Sri Lanka and closely related to ebony. Even in its heyday, Calamander was rarely used to construct an entire piece of furniture due to its high expense. Rather it was more used for crossbanding or smaller pieces in the late 18th and 19th centuries. Calamander wood is now protected and restricted to new work in small quantities.
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