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<center>'''A personal | <center>'''A personal letter from Alfred H. Dunhill. August 1939.'''</center> | ||
(The Dunhill’s letter looks quite typical of what authors routinely send to a shortlist of acquaintances when a book they’ve written has just been published). | (The Dunhill’s letter looks quite typical of what authors routinely send to a shortlist of acquaintances when a book they’ve written has just been published). | ||
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== Black Briar & Dress == <!--T:318--> | == Black Briar & Dress == <!--T:318--> | ||
[[File:Blackbriar.jpg|thumb|right|145px|Black Briar or Dress]] | [[File:Blackbriar.jpg|thumb|right|145px|Black Briar or Dress]] | ||
'''Black Briar''' is a smooth dark finish with vein contrasted in black introduced in | '''Black Briar''' is a smooth dark finish with vein contrasted in black introduced in 1970 and renamed the DRESS in 1979. | ||
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'''Dress''' - introduced in 1979. The Dress is a black smooth finish designed to look elegant with a tux or other formal ware - refined and sophisticated. A smooth jet-black stain with a silver band and a black mouthpiece that give to this line of pipes the distinctive elegance that has come to be associated with the Dunhill name. | '''Dress''' - introduced in 1979. The Dress is a black smooth finish designed to look elegant with a tux or other formal ware - refined and sophisticated. A smooth jet-black stain with a silver band and a black mouthpiece that give to this line of pipes the distinctive elegance that has come to be associated with the Dunhill name. | ||