Osage Orange Coffee Table on Hairpin Legs
Osage orange Maclura pomifera
A new piece: a live-edge Osage orange slab on black metal hairpin legs. The bright yellow wood will darken to amber over time.
Price on request
Payment and shipping are arranged once availability is confirmed. Pick-up in Sochi, shipping across Russia by freight carrier; international shipping can be discussed. Details
- Material
- live-edge Osage orange slab
- Legs
- metal hairpin legs
- Finish
- oil
The story
The Yellow Wood Once Used for Bows
Osage orange is nicknamed "hedge apple" for its huge green fruit. Its wood is among the strongest in the world: it was used to make war bows, and Osage orange fence posts stand in the ground for decades.
For this table I kept the slab's live edge and all of its curves. Osage orange grows unpredictably, and that is its character. A fresh cut glows lemon yellow; after a few months in the light the color deepens to honey and amber, and the table will darken along with your 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.
