Materials are not surface decoration. This section explains the properties, processes and constraints that gave mid-century objects their form.
Start with these guides
- How to tell teak, walnut and rosewood apart
- Moulded plywood: process, limits and famous misreadings
- Fibreglass shells and the move towards plastics
- Tubular steel, aluminium and lightness
- Veneer, solid timber and honest condition descriptions
How this section is organised
Each article in this section should link back to this hub and to two or three closely related stories. Replace the list above with published links as the cluster grows.