I am pretty much stumped on the woods used in an inlay banding that a guy wants me to make as a replacement in an antique chest. This probably originated in England or somewhere in Europe. I am interested only in the woods used in the banding. The base furniture wood may be different. Both the light and dark woods in the banding are just about grain-free - I mean really smooth with almost no pores at all. I am thinking the lighter wood could be a boxwood or a European beech - and we might get by with using holly then dying or staining it afterwards. I am totally stumped on the darker wood. Maybe someone out there might have an idea???