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 32
a drawerunder, 18 s., in the inventory of Robert Risden, ofFairfield, Conn., made in January, 1666-67. Thethird is, One new Chest with one drawer, 13 s., inthe inventory of John Winsor, of Boston, made inFebruary, 1666-67. After this time they are notinfrequently met with in the New England… … Fig. 3. CARVED OAKEN CHEST About mo CHESTS 9 have been made in the decade 1660-70, no seriouserror will be committed. In Fig. 5 we show a dated specimen from the col-lection of Mr. William E. Hulbert, of Middletown,Conn. The date, 1699, is cut on the drawer, andis undoubtedly genuine. The carving…
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