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Need help in identifying the veneer

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I recently acquired this book shelf in an antique auction. I was told it was imported from East. It seems very old furniture. It is quite heavy. It seems some kind of veneer is applied on the front face.

Could anyone recognize what type of veneering and what part of world it is known for?.

Thanks.

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Looks like bark veneer to me too. It should be fairly obvious on the edges, that is, if they left a sliver of wood to hold the bark together. You see this sort of thing done all the time at flea markets and craft shows where they take an old piece that was nothing special or even make a new piece from salvaged wood, intentionally distressed wood or wood from pallets and add bark planks to make it look more rustic.
 
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Not exactly done in this way but I have seen bark used in a similar way on smaller decorative items but they were all recently made and not antiques.
 
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Not exactly done in this way but I have seen bark used in a similar way on smaller decorative items but they were all recently made and not antiques.

- Lazyman
Thanks for the info. Anyways, I did not pay much for so called 'antique' book case. I just paid $20!. You cannot beat amount of solid hard wood contained in that shelf for that money!
 
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