AMERICAN YOSEMITE SPECIMEN WOOD BOX, CIRCA 1880-1900

AMERICAN YOSEMITE SPECIMEN WOOD BOX, CIRCA 1880-1900, of oblong form with canted corners, fitted with two drawers, constructed from twelve different timbers and with handwritten provenance note detailing

"Cabinet inlaid with 12 different woods collected and made in Yosemite,
The top panel is of sugar pine, or balsam fir, the border is of arrow, margarita, lilac, Douglas spruce & margarita
Front border mt. mahogany & buckeye,
First drawer, margarita, nutmeg, apple tree & spicewood,
Second drawer, Oregon grape, margarita, Douglas spruce, lilac, margarita & arrow,
Right side borders are of mountain mahogany, buckeye and margarita,
Panels, arrow (Frangula California)
Margarita (Arctostaphylos glauca)
Buckeye (Esculus)
Rear end panels
Spice wood (Calycanthus Occidentalis)
Oregon grape (Berberis pinnata)
Spice oak (Quercus Chrysalis)
Borders, arrow, maple & margarita
Soft side panels,
Big tree, (Sequoia gigantea)
Buckthorn (Rhamnus)
Mountain mahogany (Cercocarpus ledifolius)
The bottom of the cabinet is of laurel"

Adolph Simming,
Yosemite’

Dimension: 14.2cm wide, 8cm high, 10.6cm deep