Shelter and clothing; a textbook of the household arts (1913)
Kinne, Helen, 1861-1917, Cooley, Anna M. (Anna Maria), b. 1874, Woolman, Mary S. fmo, Helen Judy Bond Collection. fmo · New York, The Macmillan Company · leaf 102
decoration ofsimple rooms, especialh bedrooms. The woods used principally in themaking of Colonial furniture weremahogany, rosewood, walnut, cherrj^,and birch. In some furniture we find,instead of the solid mahogany, somesoft wood or occasionally mahoganybacking veneered with a layer ofmahogany.… … CoKTlcxy of The /Popular Shop. Fig. .32. —Willow chair forliving or bed room. 82 SHELTER AND CLOTHING nut furniture in America was a poor one. The wood wassubjected to so many groovings, and the furniture orna-mented with so many poor designs stuck on the surface,that little of the old walnut was…
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