Collector's luck; or, A repository of pleasant and profitable discourses descriptive of the household furniture and ornaments of olden time.. (1919)
Carrick, Alice Van Leer, 1875- · Boston, The Atlantic monthly press · leaf 30
at day and splashed herhillside canvasses with lavish color; and while I, luckless, gazed at the crimsons and golds, H walked in and bought the helmet creamer with itsquaint blue and gilt bands for thirty-five cents. Then I said severely, quoting my Emerson, H , Things are of the snake! I shouldnt… … Collection of Mrs. Carieton. The black cherry Chip-pendale chair that wasbought for $14 in a littlecity shop. This early Georgian wal-nut mirror was bought in alittle Vermont village for $5.
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