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Название:Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America Автор: Jennifer L. Anderson Издательство: Harvard University Press Год: 2012 Формат: pdf Страниц: 421 Для сайта:Mirknig.su Размер: 4 MB Язык: English
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 for mahogany set in motion elaborate schemes to secure the trees and transform their rough-hewn logs into exquisite objects.
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Mahogany: The Costs of Luxury in Early America 
