rosewood

The landmark legal reference book he edits, Black’s Law Dictionary, is as much a fixture of American courts as black robes, rosewood gavels and brass scales of justice.

Fifteen years later, the tradesman stood outside Crane’s old spray booth, sanding a $25,000 rosewood bench.

Then he added vintage furniture made from other kinds of wood, including oak, rosewood and pine.

He initially mistook it for a piece of rosewood but upon closer inspection, realized it was a picture of a foot post mortem.

Now it had a private train car, an armed guard, and a padded case made out of rosewood.