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 192
m, Mass., has de-scribed to the writer a piece of furniture almostidentical with the one here illustrated, which he hadseen in Salem about fifty years ago, and which heremembers very distinctly. He was then told thatsuch pieces were made to go upon the tops of chestsof drawers, and that they were… … Fig. 40A DOUBLE CHEST OF DRAWERS CHESTS OF DRAWERS 105 draAvers with stationary steps upon them. One ofthese is now in our possession. In this connectionit is also noteworthy in respect to its hight. It isreasonably certain, as we have hitherto assumed, thatsteps were intended for high chests of…
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