{"product_id":"zebrawood-clock","title":"Zebrawood Clock","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNature had one job here. It did not underperform.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1773, a shipment arrived at the British customs house that stopped the paperwork cold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manifest said \u003cem\u003ezebrawood\u003c\/em\u003e. The clerks had never seen it before. Neither had most of the cabinetmakers it was bound for — but they understood immediately what they were looking at. Pale golden wood, shot through with bold dark brown stripes running parallel and relentless from one end of the board to the other. Exactly like the animal. Exactly that dramatic. English furniture makers put it to work without delay, and it commanded premium prices until the supply from the Caribbean coast ran dry thirteen years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eZebrawood\u003c\/strong\u003e on this clock comes from a different source — the tropical forests of Gabon and Cameroon in West Africa, where the trees grow to 150 feet and develop trunks four feet across before any saw ever touches them. This is the authentic article, known in other markets as \u003cem\u003eZebrano\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eZingana\u003c\/em\u003e, and the stripe pattern you're looking at is not a veneer, not a print, not an approximation. It is the grain of the wood itself — alternating bands of dense dark fiber and lighter golden heartwood, running straight and true because this face was quartersawn precisely to show them at their most dramatic. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour \u003cstrong\u003esolid brass hour markers\u003c\/strong\u003e sit at the cardinal points. The hands are matte black — slender, pointed, cutting cleanly across the striped face without apology. At \u003cstrong\u003e12 inches\u003c\/strong\u003e, this clock is compact and absolutely relentless. There is nothing quiet about it and it was never trying to be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFace:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid Zebrawood (Zebrano \/ Zingana)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHour markers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Solid brass inlay — cardinal positions only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHands:\u003c\/strong\u003e Matte black\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDiameter:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMovement:\u003c\/strong\u003e Precision quartz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish:\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural Finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHandmade\u003c\/strong\u003e — each clock is one of a kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGabon to your wall. Two hundred and fifty years in the making.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46345465692331,"sku":"Zeb_12_Brass","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0574\/9296\/3499\/files\/Zebrawood-12in-Clock.png?v=1774304076","url":"https:\/\/maplebirchstudio.com\/products\/zebrawood-clock","provider":"Maple Birch Woodworking Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}