The book of decorative furniture, its form, colour and history (1910)
Foley, Edwin · London : T.C. and E.C. Jack · leaf 364
tion is much as when it crossed the seas some three hundredyears ago. The Frisian birdcage or chamber clock, dated 1635, an alarmclock, shown with the original cord attachments and without theweights, or the long pendulum since affixed, is of similar type to thatin Mr. Megatts well-known collection… … AMERICAN COLONIAL—CHAPTER I 269 to tiers of shelves with little if any actual cupboard accommodation,and bat some 3 ft. in length and even less in height, by 21 in. wide. The purchasing power of money in both the United States andEngland has sadly diminished since the end of the sixteenth…
Furniture · Decoration and ornament
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