Osage Orange Writing Desk
Osage orange Maclura pomifera
Honey-coloured Osage orange on hairpin legs: a small work desk for a laptop and a cup of coffee.
Price on request
This piece is from the workshop archive. I can make something similar to order — from another tree, with its own story.
- Material
- Osage orange slab
- Legs
- metal hairpin legs
The story
How this piece came to be
Osage orange darkens over time: this desk has already moved from lemon to honey. This is how the wood looks after a few months of living in a home.
— the maker, MASSIV MASTER
About the species
Osage orange Maclura pomifera
Osage orange comes from North America; in southern Russia it was once planted in shelterbelts and living hedges. It is one of the densest and strongest woods there is: the Osage people made bows from it, and French settlers called it bois d'arc — “bow wood”. A fresh cut is bright yellow, and in daylight the wood slowly deepens to amber and honey.
