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KINGWOOD
Native to South America, a hard, fine-textured wood, similar to rosewood but paler in color (sometimes a purplish-brown) and finer in quality, used in French cabinetry. Gained such popularity with Louis XIV and Louis XV that it became know as Kingwood.

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