One Piece of Furniture, Several Woods

Photograph the drawer front, sides, bottom, and cabinet interior of one documented piece so the show wood can be compared with the construction woods.

Five photographs of one chest showing a walnut veneer drawer front, poplar drawer side, pine drawer bottom, oak interior framing, and the piece in context
One chest: walnut veneer drawer front, poplar drawer side, pine drawer bottom, oak interior framing, and the same piece in context.

Stay with one documented piece

A single chest can use a show wood on the drawer front and plainer woods for the side, the bottom, and the interior frame. Photograph those surfaces from the same piece, and keep one wider view so the details can be tied back to it.

Compare the exterior with the construction

In this set the drawer front is walnut veneer, the drawer side is poplar, the bottom is pine, and the interior framing is oak. Those labels describe what is visible in each photograph. They are a comparison of materials on one object, not a rule for every chest that looks similar from the front.

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Photograph the drawer corner, the bottom, the back, and the woods you can see. The photo-based Screener can sort the visible evidence before you pay for documentation.

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