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Overview. Tiger maple, a specialty wood noted for its unusual stripes or lines of its grains, is also known as flame maple, fiddleback maple and curly maple. Tiger maple is cut from red maple (Acer rubrum) so-called because of its brilliant red foliage in the autumn.inishing. The tiger or flame effect is in the grain of the wood, not the finish, although 18th-century makers of furniture, cabinets and violins scraped the finish by hand to accentuate the pattern. Tiger maple that is just sanded appears lifeless and flat. Antique furniture finished with tiger maple is highly prized.
Properties: Maple is so hard and resistant to shocks that it is often used for bowling alley floors. Its diffuse evenly sized pores give the wood a fine texture and even grain. Maple that has a curly grain is often used for violin backs (the pattern formed is known as fiddleback figure).ven what some may view as a defect, like a knot or other natural blemishes, can add more beauty and character to any given piece of furniture. The classification of wood has historically always been either hard wood; any leaf bearing tree, and soft wood; any cone bearing tree.