The book of American interiors, prepared by Charles Wyllys Elliott from existing houses; with preliminary essays and letterpress descriptions; illustrated in heliotype (1876)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · Boston, J.R. Osgood and Co. · leaf 52
attemptedonly the useful. We give here a drawing of Governor Carvers THE DINING-ROOM. 45 chair, now in the Museum at Plymouth, which shows what they hadin those days. It is true that some few articles of better workman-ship, which had, too, the charm of art, were brought from England,and are still•… … the chair upon which sat the judge who condemned the witches din -ing the Salem frenzy. In New England the three meals were partaken of at sunrise, mid-day, and sunset; and at nine oclock the bell or curfew was a noticethat the hour for sleep had come. 46 THE DINING-ROOM. The simplicity of life has…
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