V — 005Natural Collection
Royal American Walnut
Juglans nigra
A masterclass in depth. Deep espresso heartwood shot through with warm amber — cathedral-grain and quietly architectural in scale.
Tone
Deep bronze, amber
Grain
Crown · Cathedral
Finish
Polished · Raw
SpeciesJuglans nigra
OriginNorth America
Leaf0.6 mm
01The surface
Polished, or left honest.
The same leaf, two finishes. Drag to see how a low-sheen lacquer awakens depth against the raw, matte sliced surface.
UnpolishedPolished
Grain close-up
Every ring and open pore at 1:1 fidelity.
02Character & specification
Black walnut carries its age in colour, running from deep chocolate to a warm, purplish bronze and lit by amber where light catches the open grain. Cut on the crown, it opens into the broad cathedral figure prized for feature walls and full-height joinery.
“A veneer should never hide the tree it came from — it should let you read its whole life in a single leaf.”
- Species
- Juglans nigra
- Origin
- North America
- Grain / Cut
- Crown · Cathedral
- Tone
- Deep bronze, amber
- Texture
- Open pore, satin
- Leaf thickness
- 0.6 mm sliced
- Finish options
- Polished · Unpolished
- Applications
- Walls · Joinery · Furniture
03Where it lives
Rooms it belongs in.
Best across large, quiet planes — where a single species sets the temperature of an entire space.
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Living Spaces
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Hospitality
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Wardrobes
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Corporate
04From the archive
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