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Marblemen explained: U. S. architects and builders, seeking magnificence, have turned from the useful, plebeian Carrara to the red Levanto, the green Tinos, to the monotones Botticina and Hauteville. Year by year, Carrara has fallen deeper into decorative disrepute, has been relegated to bathrooms, has disappeared from the yards of the importers. And last winter, patriot Fascists jumped the price of Carrara to prohibitive heights. U. S. importers protested, cancelled all orders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Fabbricotti Marble | 10/22/1928 | See Source »

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