Japanese ash board
date: label: date made
content: 1964
notes: label: Description
content: This 5-ply plywood board of Japanese Ash is one of 96 samples of hardwood boards (two samples each of 48 species) collected by Smithsonian. This large collection of boards was gathered for two concurrent exhibits in 1965: a Smithsonian Exhibit of forest products and the Fine Hardwoods Association’s exhibit in the American Interiors pavilion at the New York World’s Fair. These twin exhibits show how wood sits at the intersection of agriculture and manufacturing; the Smithsonian exhibit focused on wood as an agricultural product, while at the World’s Fair, the boards were displayed in the context of their use in furniture and other interior decoration. This collection also strove to include both domestic and international wood samples; the emphasis on international wood speaks to America’s mid-twentieth-century involvement in global markets.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Agriculture
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Fine Hardwoods Association, Jasper Wood Products Company, and Hardwood Flywood Manufacturers Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AG.63FP35.26
label: catalog number
content: 63FP35.26
label: accession number
content: 258392
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Japanese ash board
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 96 in x 8 in; 243.84 cm x 20.32 cm