the golden brown heartwood and its dramatic grey-to-black veining become not just decoration but a statement of design intent, whether laid into a university library's reading table or across the cabinetry of a restored colonial home. Where Prairie Village demanded Black Limba for its warmth and residential charm, Princeton calls on the same species for its intellectual gravity—the streaked figuring lending a sense of depth and age to institutional and private commissions alike, each sheet shipped from Rosebud's Louisville facility with the consistency that both markets require. The sapwood's pale greyish-yellow transition into darker heartwood offers designers here a tonal range within a single flitch, a quality that proves especially useful when continuity across large architectural panels matters as much as visual drama. As the veneer ages and its color deepens toward richer amber tones, it settles into its surroundings with a permanence that speaks well beyond Princeton, reaching toward the next workshop in Prospect, where