The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 360
earlier chairs. CHESTS Colonial inventories until about the middle of the seventeenthcentury make no reference to other furniture than chests, tables,chairs, and bedsteads. In New England, as in the Old Country, the chest was the foremost article offurniture, until at least the middleof the… … EARLY SEVENTEENTH - CENTURY PINECHEST. USED BY ELDER BREWSTER. 266 DECORATIVE FURNITURE other lands, do not appear to have been partial to chests in NewAmsterdam. Though some few old oak chests without drawers are to befound in New England—such as Elder Brewsters chest—probablynine-tenths were…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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