Historically one of the more popular finishes and more popularly known as Santos Rosewood, it comes usually in a bright chocolate brown with yellow, orange, and red often embedded in the grain.

A classic in traditional furniture for two hundred years as it gives any home a richness in warmth and class. As with all veneers, Castle uses only the best Black American walnut veneer obtained from managed and sustainable resources, crown cut to get the best possible finish.

From the forests of Northern Europe Cherry is a light, reddish-brown wood type yet a superbly detailed veneer with a good level of figuring. Often been used for furniture from the 17th century.

A true classic, possessing a rich deep hue of darkest red. A rich golden-brown or red-brown wood type that is excellent to use for wood carvings and is capable of taking varnish in very well. It can be polished finely and possess a pleasing depth of tone.

Light yellow and also used mainly for carcasses of chests, drawer linings, country furniture and wood carvings. Became popular in modern furnishing during the 19th century.(Discontinued)

Of all the of quality finishes Castle present, none is more traditionally British than Oak. In this variation the veneered board is sealed and lacquered, but no colouring is used, therefore as time passes, the natural shade deepens.

Deep, rich chocolate brown coarse-grained wood used in Britain from the Middle Ages up to the late 17th Century. Also used as a secondary wood on good quality antique furniture.

The darkest of all our Oak finishes with a dense and heavy, and almost black, coarse-grained wood used predominantly in Britain, and often used as a contrasting inlay in parquetry veneering.