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 42
ges of these planks aboveare carved to correspond with the upper rails, which,with them, inclose the single panel at the front ofthe chest. The carving is better and in more reliefthan that usually seen in this country. The lid is anoaken plank one inch and five eighths in thickness,with carved and… … CHESTS 15 in the arrangement of its ornamental details, thoughall the enrichments are frequently found on the oldchests and cupboards of New England. The in-verted and foliated scrolls especially are often seenon drawer fronts and in other situations; but theiroccurrence on panels around a center,…
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