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21919
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This article examines the use of white pine, a type of wood not grown in the South, in the 18th and 19th century production of furniture found throughout Southern homes. The trade patterns between North and South is discussed as well as Southern furniture makers such as C.J. Tooker of Fayetteville.
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27569
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For some time scholars believed that the use of white pine in early furniture indicated northern manufacture, since white pine does not grow along the southern coast. However, many pieces of southern manufacture display white pine as a secondary wood. North Carolina merchants often used white pine because it was easier and cheaper to import lumber by water than to face the difficulties of cutting local trees.
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