A wood veneer is a 0.2mm thick piece of wood that is covered on top of a substrate (usually plywood, MDF or particle board) From a furniture manufacturer's point of view, these are really cost effective and make perfect sense (construction wise) as they do not have to worry about any wraping (wood movement) or cracking when they make the furniture. Most of the furnitures we have today are made this way, they use plywood/MDF for the table top and laminate them with wood veneer. This is how most of our furnitures are made today (e.g IKEA, Bo Concept, dimensione). There is nothing wrong with this as this method is more environmentaly friendly.
I've noticed that a lot of the furnitures out in the market today are made of paper veneer, these are very tricky things as they look much like natural veneer but on a closer look, they are basically paper with printed wood grains on them. These things are a rip-off as they don't provide much protection for the wood especially when it comes to moisture. These things are also prone to delamination (meaning these paper veneer "skins" have a tendency to peel)
How to distinguish real wood veneer from printed paper veneer? printed paper veneer has a very smooth surface and the printed wood grains and patters are not so clear as compared to real wood veneer which is quite dark.
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