Quilt or quilted maple refers to a type of figure in maple wood. It is seen on the tangential plane (flat-sawn) and looks like a wavy "quilted" pattern, often similar to ripples on water. The highest quality quilted figure is found in the Western Big Leaf species of maple.[1] It is a distortion of the grain pattern itself. Prized for its beauty, it is used frequently in the manufacturing of musical instruments, especially guitars.

Quilted maple back & side
on Gibson Dove 1 of 20
Example of high figure quilt maple wood

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  1. ^ "QUILTED MAPLE - Commercial Forest Products 8/4 Quilt Maple- 2021". 29 May 2022. Archived from the original on 27 December 2022. Retrieved 7 August 2023.
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