The colonial furniture of New England : A study of the domestic furniture in use in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1892)
Lyon, Irving Whitall, 1840-1896 · Boston, New York : Houghton, Mifflin · leaf 132
as made without doors. It was theneither left open or closed with a curtain. The interiors of the better pieces were often fin-ished with a shell-like hood or dome richly carved.Below this were dainty shelves beautifully shaped,with circular projections from their centers. A goodexample of these,… … Fig. 23SIDEBOARD, STYLE OF HEPPELWHITEMade in 1804 CUPBOARDS 69 It was the fashion in Philadelphia to make mov-able buffets of mahogany. Many fine examples areyet to be seen in the shops of the dealers. Some ofthem are of the same style as the one that is repre-sented on page 256 of The House…
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