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<p>[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1556480, member: 6444"]Clearly there is a huge difference between slate and wood. Wood was in short supply in europe, but overly abundant in the colonies. So of course wood furniture would be made here.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point was that slate, and especially finished slate table tops, is different, as shown by the citation I included. Slate was not being produced here until significantly later. If you wanted slate, then you were going to bring it in from europe. Did you read what I cited?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jeff Drum, post: 1556480, member: 6444"]Clearly there is a huge difference between slate and wood. Wood was in short supply in europe, but overly abundant in the colonies. So of course wood furniture would be made here. My point was that slate, and especially finished slate table tops, is different, as shown by the citation I included. Slate was not being produced here until significantly later. If you wanted slate, then you were going to bring it in from europe. Did you read what I cited?[/QUOTE]
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