Harewood (material)

The term harewood or airwood originally described a type of maple wood with a curled or "fiddleback" figure, used to make the backs of stringed instruments. In 17th-century England it was imported from Germany. The earliest published use of the term is probably that in the 1670 edition of Sylva:

A slightly later citation occurs in Thomas Mace's Musick's Monument of 1676; "The Air-wood is absolutely the Best, and next to that our English Maple".

In the 18th century airwood came to be used by marqueteurs; for most artificial colours they used holly, which takes vegetable dyes very well, but airwood was employed either in its natural off-white state or stained with iron sulphate to produce a range of silver and silver-grey hues. The reason that airwood was preferred to holly for this colour was that it gave a metallic sheen or lustre, while holly dyed by the same process turned a rather dead grey. The use of airwood in this way meant that by the 19th century it was associated specifically with that colour, and at the same time name gradually changed from airwood to harewood.

Harewood

Coordinates: 53°54′N 1°31′W / 53.90°N 1.51°W / 53.90; -1.51

Harewood (/ˈhɛərwʊd/ HAIR-wuud) is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England. The A61 from Leeds city centre to Harrogate passes through the village,. The A659 from Collingham joins the A61 outside the main entrance to Harewood House (/ˈhɑːrwʊd/ HAR-wuud) to descend the slopes of the Wharfe valley before continuing towards Pool-in-Wharfedale.

Harewood Estate

Harewood House, a country house was designed by architects John Carr and Robert Adam, and built between 1759 and 1771 for Edwin Lascelles, 1st Baron Harewood. Its garden was designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown and spans 1,000 acres (400 ha).

All Saints' Church

All Saints' Church, the former parish church, stands to the west of the village, in the grounds of Harewood House which was built in the 18th century. The village was relocated in the late-18th century, leaving the church isolated from the village population. It is a grade I listed building but is no longer used regularly for worship and is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

Harewood (disambiguation)

Harewood is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough, West Yorkshire, England.

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Harewood (surname)

Harewood is a surname. Notable persons with that surname include:

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