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Commodity illustration: Mahogany

Category:Wood

Mahogany

Standard price
250 to 300 pieces of eight per Ton
Surplus
150 to 200 pieces of eight
Scarcity
300 to 350 pieces of eight

Export regions

Mahogany is a timber with golden, reddish or brown heartwood. It is shipped in rough-cut pieces; planing brings out the grain, and polishing deepens the colour. A dull piece on the quay can look quite different once a joiner has worked it.

Joiners and carvers use it for furniture, fittings and decorative work. Merchants apply the name to several woods from the Americas and Africa, so buyers examine the grain, colour and dimensions rather than relying on the name alone. The valuable heartwood is cut from felled trees and prepared for shipment to the workshop.

Sources and adaptations

References in the Pavillon Noir books:

  • Carnet de Vercourt, p. 524, 526, 528, 529.

The description was written by Ludic RPG. Prices are game values expressed in pieces of eight.