Mahogany : the costs of luxury in early America / Jennifer L. Anderson.

"In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial Americans became enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. This exotic wood, imported from the West Indies and Central America, quickly displaced local furniture woods as the height of fashion. Over the next century, consumer demand fo...

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Main Author: Anderson, Jennifer L., 1966-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
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